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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. The head has no wings and in plan is a horizontal semi-circle; it is decorated with a double stranded ridge bordering the upper curved edge. Integral to the lower ridge there is a linear vertical oval cell which is filled with white enamel. This cell has a central vertical line which continues down the bow. On the head, either side of the central ridge there is a semi-circular cell; one has traces of a light green enamel, which may have originally been red enamel. On the reverse of the bow head there is a single vertical sub-oval integral lug with a circular off-centre perforation. The axis bar, spring, chord and pin are all missing. The upper edge of the central integral lug protrudes the upper edge of the bow head slightly and appears to be a broken edge. In profile the brooch is an inverted 'L' shape which is curved at the corner and expands in width at the bow head. The bow protrudes from the lower edge of the bow head and is narrowed with concave sides. The central decoration of a vertical ridge, which starts on the bow head continues down the bow and stopping at approximately just above the midpoint of the bow. The central ridge terminates with an oval cell on either side, filled with white enamel. The decoration of the bow head and upper portion of the bow appears to represent the head of a horse, with the lower two cells representing the nostrils. Below the nostrils there is a decorated acanthus below which is a transverse ridges formed by a broken edge. The bow is semi-circular in section. The break is not recent. The brooch has a well developed shiny mid blue/green coloured patina. It weighs 6.2g, and measures 13.81mm wide across the bow head and 29.41mm long.The brooch is a Trumpet-headed type. Trumpet brooches date to the 1st to 2nd century (Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160-164). Worrell (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter) narrows down the date to 75 to 175 AD. Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. (ibid) further class trumpet brooches into four groups, A,B, C and D. The recorded brooch appears to fall into Group D. A similar brooch is illustrated in Hattat (Hattat, R 1982 Ancient and Romano-British Brooches Oxbow), No. 433.
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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