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Description: | A Roman, copper alloy zoomorphic (horse) brooch, facing right. The object hass a sub-triangular body with a sub triangular protrusion from the front which forms the long neck and head of the horse. The very front of the body has been broken away but suggests that it would have represented two fore limbs extending forward; one of which can still be made out. The head of the horse is finely moulded with an ear and muzzel while the eye is formed of a circular field filled with coloured enamel. The body of the horse terminates in an old break before reaching the hind quarters and rear legs.The body of the horse is decorated with12 circular depressions on the surface which still contained enamel settings of differing colours. The reverse of the brooch has a copper alloy catch plate located just above the beginning of the fore limb. The brooch probably dates from the 2nd or 3rd centuries. A brooch decorated in a very similar style has been found in Kent and can be seen on the database: PUBLIC-7CEFB8. The posture of the horse is very reminiscent of the Hippocampus brooches, for example: BERK-451FB5. However it is not possible to determine whether it is a Hippocampus type due to the loss of the back portion of the brooch.
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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