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Description: | A coppper alloy object, possibly a brooch of Roman date, perhaps a form of knee brooch variant dating from AD 150 - 410. The object is rectangular in plan and is U-shaped in section, the reverse being hollow. There is a semi-circular integral cap at each end. The front is decorated with reel mouldings; a double raised collar in the centre, and simiar double collars at each end. On the reverse are a pair of integral elongated D-shaped lugs at one end. These are pierced with a circular hole, probably to hold an axis bar (now missing) for the putative spring and pin. At the other end is a transverse projecting tab, intepreted as a horizontal catchplate. One end of it is complete and is a sloping surface (where the pin could enter the catch) but the rest of the tab has broken off. It is presumed this would have functioned like a horizontal catchplate on a Continental knee brooch (Mackreth, 2011, page 191). The object is 24.6mm long, 8.64mm wide and 10.6mm thick. 3.29g.
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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