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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch in the form of a rabbit with young. Most of the very worn plate survives, missing the snout/nose, feet and tail of the rabbit, as well as the pin and catchplate due to old breaks. The brooch is flat, in the form of a rabbit facing right with projecting oval ears and raised front paws. The front face has two small enamelled cells in the shape of rabbits facing each other, separated by an incied cross saltire, and probably intended to represent young or offspring. None of the original enamel survives, however there are traces of an added white metal coating on some areas of the front face. On the back face at the tail end of the rabbit is an integrally cast semi-circular double pin lug retaining the base of the separately cast pin, most of which is now missing due to old breaks. At the opposite side of the back face is an incomplete integral cathcplate that is mostly incomplete due to old breaks. The entire object has worn surfaces and measures 23.26mm in width, 18.40mm in height, 2.35mm in thickness and 2.93g in weight.Parallels for this brooch are noted in Hattatt (1989: nos. 1632 and 1633) and are described by him as being of Gaulish origin, possibly all cast from a single mould. Two similar, but more complete, examples are noted in Suffolk (SF-D91D84 and SF-13BC11). These suggest a date in the second century AD for the current example.
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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