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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. The head, wings and partial bow of a plate-headed brooch. At the head is a short plate with the remnant of a chain loop at the top. The plate is decorated with two horizontal raised ribs. The wings are short and cylindrical and once housed an axis bar for a hinged pin. The bow projects downwards at about 45 degrees and then changes to a steeper angle. The top of the bow is undecorated. The remainder of the bow has a shallow D-section and does not taper appreciably before the break. It is decorated with a raised longitudinal panel with flanking ridges and a central line of paired zig-zags forming lozenge shapes.Date: Roman - c. AD 50 - 150Dimensions: 42.66 mm x 24.95 mm x 2.85 mmWeight: 13.70 g
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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