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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch in the form of a bird. It is missing the pin due to old breaks and has worn surfaces. The plate is in the form of a bird with hooked beak, head facing right and with wings open. The head is curved to the right with small circular eye and slight groove separating head and hooked beak. Beneath the head are two open wings that are crescentic in form, tapering outwards towards their tips and with central enamelled fields containing the corroded remains of green enamel. The lozenge shaped body between the wings and flaring triangular tail has a large recessed enamelled field that contains the corroded remains of enamel of uncertain colour. A small projecting semi-circular knop or loop is visible at the base of the tail. On the back face of the plate the tail end has an integral semi-circular double pierced lug retaining the remains of a corroded and incomplete copper-alloy wire pin. At the head end of the back face is an integral rectangular catchplate with folded outer edge. The entire object has a dark green patina with some corrosion and pitting in places. It measures 32.02mm in length, 20.47mm in width, 1.98mm in thickness and 4.17g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman plate brooch in the form of a bird with hooked beak, possibly a bird of prey. No close published parallel has so far been identified, however it is near identical to an example recorded through the PAS from Lincolnshire (LIN-C696A3). This brooch is of probable 2nd century AD date.
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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