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Description: | A Roman period copper alloy 'raptor' plate brooch, 10.32mm long, 26.02mm wide, and 5.15mm thick. The brooch weighs 1.80g and is decorated with 6 cells all of which contain enamel. The brooch is similar to that of no.1155 in Hatatt's Visual Catalgue figure 220.The brooch is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section; with a single sub rectangular protrusion to the bottom right which represents the partial head of the raptor.The raptor is decorated with 6 cells which are paired in nature. The first pair of cells are of blue enamel and sub rectangular in nature, being just below the neck of the raptor. The second pair of cells to the left of these are semicircular in nature and completely filled with red enamel. A final pair of linear cells, which seem to represent the tail feathers of the raptor are blue in nature and continue to the edge of the artifact.The reverse portion of the brooch consists of a copper alloy spring and catch plate, located on the lower body and neck of the raptor respectively. Some visible corrosion is shown between the spring and catch plate.
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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