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Description: | A Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch of horse and rider type.It is 16.4mm long, 12.6mm wide, 5.33mm thick and weighs 0.72g. The object is sub-rectangular in form and rectangular in section, and comprises of part of the horses body, the lower portion of the rider and part of the forelimb. The horse is decorated with 2 cells. An incomplete circular cell exists between forelimb and neck, while an incomplete linear cell runs along the base of the object.It is decorated with four enamel cells, all 0f which are now empty. The rider is decorated with two cells, the first is linear and follows the front of the body being incomplete, while a second sub rectangular cell is behind this.The reverse of the brooch has a rectangular copper alloy catch plate which runs from above the forelimb.
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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