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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age to Roman strip bow brooch dating to the period c. AD 25-75. The brooch is missing the pin, part of the catch plate and the tips of both wings. It measures 50.74mm in length, 20.02mm at its widest point (across the wings), 2.83mm at its narrowest point (tip of the foot) and weighs 4.96g.The tubular wing span is 20.02mm and c. 3.15mm in diameter. Both wings terminate in old breaks. The pin slot contains the remains of the corroded iron pin, whcih are also visible inside the tubular wings. The bow extends back from the head and is 9.12mm wide, tapering to a width of 2.83mm at the foot. The bow is decorated along its length with two ridges which run along the sides of the bow for its entire length, creating a border. Within this border area series of four sets of paired diagonal lines which form two lines of chevrons running parallel with the ridge borders and leaving an undecorated V-shaped middle section.The catch plate extends from the reverse of the bow and displays the remains of the pin rest. It terminates in an old break.The brooch is similar to nos. 341 & 341A in Hattatt, pp. 319, fig. 178.
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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