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Description: | An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch. It is missing the pin the edges of the bow due to old breaks, the head currently bent almost flat against the back face of the bow due to post-depositional damage. The head is rolled forwards to encase the now missing axis bar, a retangular slot at its centre enabling the pin to hinge. From the base of the head extends the incomlete bow. This is rectangular in form with flat back face and moulded front face, missing both sides due to old breaks. It has a prominent central vertical rib that is triangular in section, with the remains of vertical ribs or flutes at the sides of what survives of the bow. These terminate at the foot in a single transverse rib. The foot is flat, triangular in form and tapers to a point. On the back face of the foot is an integral catchplate, which is triangular in form with folded outer edge that is partially incomplete due to old breaks. The front face of the brooch, particularly at the foot, has traces of an added white metal coatin. The entire object measures 46.11mm in length (bent), 17.32mm in width at head, 8.27mm in width at bow, 3.33mm in thickness at bow, and 4.56g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman Hod Hill brooch. It finds parallels in examples from Hacheston (e.g. Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 23, 25) and is of 1st century AD date, c.43-100 AD.
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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