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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy enamelled horse and rider zoomorphic plate brooch. The body of the horse and the rider are still intacted, as is the horse's head and tail; however the head of the rider and the legs of both the rider and the horse are missing. On the horse and rider's body are four panels of enamel, three are red and linear, and one (on the chest of the horse) is blue and oval. Whilst the blue enamel is intact, all three red panels have suffered losses. The horse has an incised eye and mane. The reverse is flat with part of the catchplate and loop for the pin remaining. It measures 28.2mm (length) x 17.2mm (width) x 5.5mm (depth) and weighs 2.08g.A very similar brooch is illustrated in Hattatt (1982, 161 ref.157). Zoomorphic plate brooches date to the second century AD.
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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