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Description: | Incomplete Roman (100-250) copper alloy and enamel zoomorphic plate brooch missing its (iron) pin. It measures 26.08x10.11x1.5mm (thickness excluding catchplate) and weighs 2.8g.The brooch is rectangular in form and depicts what appears to be a running dog. The ears are long and angled backwards, the tail curled upwards. Both forepaw and back leg terminate in a three-toed foot. There is a punched dot for an eye. The body of the animal is proud of the background which has traces of red enamel. Running all the way around the edge of the rectangular plate is a raised boarder. The reverse side of the brooch is flat and undecorated.To the reverse of the brooch is catchplate and a single lug surrounded by iron staining and corrossion. The pin is missing.Rectangular plate brooches are not as common as other types. There are thirteen previously recorded on the PAS database, four with geometric designs: IOW-FFF951, HAMP-0D3AF1, KENT-455EB1 and LIN-399AB4 while the rest are zoomorphic, depicting a greyhound (perhaps a hare?): NARC-5EBE83, five showing sea creatures or fish: DENO-4E2494, SUR-36BA57, WMID5562, SWYOR-E06628 and HAMP3622, and one with the design of two swans SWYOR-788BE1 and two with the design of a hare: NMS527 and SWYOR-25F884 (with thanks to Justine Bayley in record SWYOR-788BE1).
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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