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Description: | An incomplete Roman (AD 50-175) copper alloy bow brooch missing the head, wings, part of the bow and pin. The brooch measures 41.8mm in length and weighs 3.41g.The wings, head and the upper bow are missing due to an old break. At the break the brooch is broadly triangular in cross section and 9.2mm wide. A raised vertical ridge which is decorated with transverse incisions (16.35mm in length) is visible on the upper surviving section of the bow. The bow tapers gently towards the curved foot. Below the raised verital ridge the bow is D shaped in cross section and undecorated. The foot is D shaped in cross section.The reverse is flat and undecorated. The catchplate runs along broadly half the surviving length of the bow and is broadly rectangular, the curl of the catchplate is missing.
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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