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Description: | Foot and lower part of the bow of a cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch. The top of the bow, pin and head are missing with an old, worn, break at the top. In profile the upper sixth of the bow is sharply curved through c.80 degrees, below this it runs relatively straight to the foot. It tapers evenly in width from the break at the top to the plain squared off foot. The bow is flat and rectangular in section with a large raised vertical rib running down the entire length. After the upper bent section this central rib is flanked by pairs of vertical grooves running down the length and leaving smaller ribs at the edges and between the edges and centre on each side. The central rib becomes less pronounced down the bow so by the foot all five ribs are similar. The central rib is divided into sections by transverse indented lines for the top quarter of the bow. The smaller ribs flanking the central ribs also appear to be divided into sections by transverse incised lines but these are less clear. All the ribs end in two deep transverse incised lines which separate the bow from the end of the foot. The foot is thinner, plain and more D-shaped in section with a convex front and has a further transverse line incised just above the end. On the back is a complete catchplate, trapezoid in shape with a straight upper edge and straight lower edge starting level with the end of the foot. It is off centre on the back of the bow, closer to the left than right edge and the outer edge is bent over to the left to make a catch. It is now 48.3mm long, 9.3mm wide, 19.9mm thick including the catchplate and weighs 7.83 grams.Without more of the bow it is difficult to be certain of the brooch type as most are defined by the form of the head, missing in this example. The plain bow with similar moulded decoration is however common in this area on the initial T-shaped brooches and it is possible this is of that type and therefore dates to the Flavian period (c.AD 60-100 ).
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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