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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill or allied type and of 1st to 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (withy a surviving length of 17.8mm, a surviving depth of 11.5mm and a weight of 4.7g). The missing spring would have been secured between lateral perforated lugs, now eroded and the chord is likely to have been tensioned by a hook, now missing. The wings are truncated (with a surviving width of 18.5mm) and no decoration now survives. The head is rounded (with a width of 11.3mm and a length of 10.5mm). The top of the bow is of D-shaped section with straight sides, converging towards the break (where the bow has a width of 4.8mm and a thickness of 2.3mm). Corrosion and wear on the surface of the brooch have removed all decorative detail. Remnant traces of a pale to mid-green patina survive.
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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