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Description: | Roman incomplete copper alloy initial T-shaped brooch dating to c. AD 60-100. The brooch consists of cylindrical wings, one of which is broken and missing, the bow and part of the foot with catchplate at the back. The end of the foot, catchplate and pin are all missing. The remaining wing is oval in section with an open end filled with white material (solder or cement). It is decorated with a pair of incised transverse lines near the end, a further incised line near the bow and a slight indent between them. The second wing is missing and the break occurs at the slot between the two wings. The remains of the circular copper alloy axis bar is visible in the remaining wing at the break in the head. The pin is now missing but would have been hinged to the axis bar and sat in the slot between the two wings.The bow projects from the front of the brooch in the centre of the head. It is oval in section with a flattened front and back and tapers evenly in width to the foot. The front has a raised diagonal rib at its junction with the wing and a pair of raised lines running down the centre of the front. This decoration is now very worn and it is unclear how, or at what point, the lines end. The taper in width of the bow continues evenly into the foot which is very narrow at the point it ends in an old break. It is damaged and bent to one side above this break. The foot also thickens to form the catchplate although it has broken before the thickest point where the inner edge would be bent over.The brooch measures 35.6mm long, 15.1mm wide across the head, 7.1 by 3.3mm at the top of the head and 1.4 by 4.4mm at the foot; it weighs 3.10g.Bayley and Butcher (2004: 159) suggest 'Initial T-shaped' brooches were 'usually hinged, not enameled but sometimes with fine relief decoration and lacking a head loop' and dated to the Flavian period (69-96 AD) or slightly earlier.
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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