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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch. It is missing the head, axis bar, pin and part of the foot and catch plate due to old breaks, now worn.It has a flat, rectangular bow. The front face is decorated with four longitudinal grooves. Beneath the bow is a flat rectangular foot. The outside edges of the foot are defined by a pair of U-shaped notches divided by a central transverse rib with beaded decoration. The upper half of the foot is decorated with three transverse grooves. The lower half of the foot is decorated with a transverse ridge at the base before terminating in old breaks. On the back of the foot is the remains of an integrally cast catch plate that is triangular in form. The back face is undecorated.This brooch measures 21.64mm in length, 7.66mm in width at the bow, 2.30mm in thickness, 1.69g in weight.There is a similar example recorded by Hattatt (Hattatt, 1989, p. 322, no. 321).
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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