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Description: | An incomplete Late Iron Age copper alloy strip bow brooch, missing part of both wings, axis bar and pin . It measures 64.26mm in length and weighs 3.45g.The wings span 15.34mm, although the damaged wings are missing part of there length as well as its curl to the reverse.The bow below has a slight curve but is otherwise straight. It measures 7.94mm wide below the head, narrowing to 4.17mm at the worn break. The edges are raised and flanked by a groove, filled with worn rocker-arm decoration. The area between is gently curving and D-shaped in cross-section, being 1.34mm thick.The strip brooch is a derivative of the Aucissa brooch and native to Britain, being more common in Dorset, Wiltshire and the Somerset and Avon areas (although a number have been discovered in Oxfordshire and further north).
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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