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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of T-shaped type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 16.8mm, a surviving depth of 10.3mm and a weight of 3.4g). The missing spring was likely to have been coiled around an axis bar, secured between perforated end lugs, now lost. It is unclear whether the chord was tensioned by a hook or claw above the head. The wings are eroded and have lost their terminal (with a surviving length of 19.2mm). The decoration on the remnants of the wings is corroded and difficult to discern. There are decorative curved mouldings either side of the head (giving the bow a width of 8.2m at the head) and the bow is of sub-triangular section above the break. The surface has a pale-green patina.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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