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Description: | The head and upper bow from a copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. The lower part of the bow and foot is missing to an old break.The head is formed of two cylindrical wings flanking a central slot. One wing is shorter than the other but still has a neat, worn, end suggesting it was mis-cast or broken in antiquity. The head is 17.4mm wide. The wings hold the axis bar for the hinged pin, one end of the copper alloy bar is visible embeded in white material, probably solder in the end of the shorter wing. The pin once hinged in the central slot but is now missing.The bow has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. The upper bow has moulded decoration in the form a low, thin central longitudinal ridge running down the centre ending in a pair of transverse ridges just above the old break. There are also low diagonal ridges at the junction of bow and wings on the upper surface. Otherwise the bow is plain. In profile it is almost flat starting at the front of the headThe brooch fragment is 22.7mm long, 7.9mm thick from the back of the head to the top of the bow and weighs 4.73gmsT-shaped brooches are very variable in the decoration on their bows. Bayley and Butler (2004:167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c75-150).
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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