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Description: | A Middle Iron Age (500-200 BC) copper alloy brooch in the form of an openwork lozenge with a roundel at each point. It measures 45.40mm in length, 44.32mm in width and 10.04mm in thickness. It weighs 28.64g.The openwork brooch is square in plan, with an undecorated surface and D-shaped in cross section, with convex roundels at each corner positioned opposite each other. The diameter of each roundel beginning with the one with the double lugs and going clockwise are 13.80mm, 14.12mm, 13.75mm, and 13.47mm. Each roundel is undecorated, and on the reverse side are hollow.On the reverse, there is a double lug at one corner of the lozenge at the base of a roundel, which is heavily corroded. Opposite the lug is a small remnant of the catchplate.
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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