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Description: | A Roman Period, Copper Alloy Horse and Rider Plate Brooch facing right; 18.15mm long, 15.88mm wide, and 3.51mm thick. The Brooch weighs 0.94g and is decorated with four enamel cells, all now empty.The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section, with a single sub rectangular protrusion representing the horses head and neck. The brooch comprises of part of the horses body, with head and neck, with a small protrusion on the bottom right representing a forelimbThe horse is decorated with 4 cells. A sub rectangular cell is present between forelimb and neck, while a linear cell runs along the base of the object and continues on. Another sub rectangular cell exists running diagonally down the centre of the object. A sub circular cell is behind this.The reverse of the brooch has a rectangular copper alloy catch plate which runs above the forelimb of the horse to just before the neck joins the body.
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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