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Description: | An incomplete Roman brooch. It is missing a wing, the pin and a fragment of the bow. It measures 35.50mm in length and weighs 5.44 grams.The incomplete wings, which curl backwards to hold the axis bar, are 16.2mm in surviving width.The bow projects outwards at ninety degree from the wings and is rectangular in cross section. The bow narrows from 14.85mm wide to 11.1mm wide at the point that the bow curves downwards towards the foot. The bow in plan is oval with an expanding fantail foot at the base of the oval. The oval expands to a maximum width of 16.8mm before narrowing to 11.45mm. At the centre of the oval is a circular perforation. The oval has been bent inwards and is damaged. The bow expands outwards from the base of the oval towards the incomplete fantail foot. Losses are visible on both sides, the surviving maximum width is 14.8mm.The brooch is decorated at the tip of the bow and the fantail with with three evenly spaced longitudinal grooves. Multiple diagonal incisions run along the length of the longitudinal incisions forming rough V shapes. The longitudinal incisions on the fantail are located slightly further right in comparison to the top of the bow. The oval is undecorated.The reverse is flat and undecorated, a short catchplate is visible located at the foot, the curl of the catchplate is missing.A transverse projection is located above the curve towards the
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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