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Description: | An incomplete and worn copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative with double pierced lug. It is missing the pin, foot, catch plate and part of the bow due to old breaks, now worn.The wings are semi-cylindrical in form, undecorated and separated at their centre by a rear facing double pierced lug. This holds in place the separately cast copper-alloy spring chord and spring with six surviving coils. The lug extends forwards onto the head of the brooch where it develops into a longitudinal central rib before terminating in old breaks. The bow itself is triangular in section with flat back face.This bow brooch measures 15.88mm in length, 18.81mm in width at the wings, 6.56mm in width at the bow, 3.45mm in thickness, 4.25g in weight.This brooch is similar to those published by Hattatt (Hattatt, 1989, p.297, no. 258) and discovered at Hacheston (Blagg et al, 2004, p. 96, no. 111).
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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