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Description: | Roman copper alloy and enamel zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a goat. 46mm long, 24mm high and 3mm thick. The goat is depicted running to the right and has four triangular protrusions along its back, possibly suggesting fur in motion? Along the body are 8 circular depressions in a row, with each alternate one filled with blue enamel. The edge of the main body, which is slightly raised above the legs, is decorated with incised nicks, possibly representing more fur. The goat has three legs, two at the front and one at the back, which are all complete with no sign of a fourth being missing. On the goats rear there is a small tail and the surface of its hip is decorated with one large circular cell filled with blue enamel and three smaller circles surrounding it.The face is an elongated rectangle with rounded horn and protruding 'beard' and it and the neck are decorated on both surfaces. There is a raised circular eye and rounded snout with small nicks along the edge suggesting fur. The reverse contains a complete catchplate and pin housing, although the pin is missing.The nearest parallel on the database is NARC-E29A65 but this seems to depict a mythical Capricorn, with a fish tail.
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