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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, probably of Colchester derivative type. Only the foot of the bow and catch plate survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.The bow is rectangular in section. The front face is decorated with a central longitudinal rib. At the base of the bow is an integrally cast catch plate that is triangular in form with sub-oval openwork decoration and a rectangular pin groove.This brooch measures 33.91mm in length, 6.29mm in width, 3.31mm in thickness, 5.43g in weight.There is a similar example from Suffolk recorded on the PAS database (SF-0E9113). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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