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Description: | Part of the foot and lower part of the bow of a Roman bow brooch, possibly of the local devolved T-shaped type. The remaining section is a very wide, flat and very thin strip which narrows gradually towards the foot end with old breaks at each end. The upper corners are broken and bent. It is 16.8mm wide by 0.8mm thick just below the upper break and 9.3mm wide by 1.0mm thick at the lower. The bow is mostly plain on the front with only a two incised lines, one parallel to and just inside each edge. Part of the large catchplate remains on the back. The upper part of the catchplate is mostly lost to the break but it is clear it had a curved upper edge. The outer edge, which would have been bent over into the catch and the lower edge are also both lost to old breaks. This piece is 30.6mm long by 9.3mm thick including the catchplate; it weighs 3.39 grams.As only the foot survives it cannot be identified with certainty but it is similar in form to other very flat, broad, devolved T-shaped brooches from the region; these typically have a large plate head and often a simple bent up foot. For example: SOM-713DE6 and SOM-E22C75 from Somerset, Hattatt (2000:305) no.406 from Cirencester, Gloucestershire and Bailey and Bucher (2004:168, T140) where this form is dated to the second century.
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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