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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative with double pierced lug. It is missing the majority of the bow, the foot, catchplate, part of the spring, axis bar and pin 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 axis bar, pin, spring chord and spring with four 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 21.16mm in length, 15.50mm in width at the wings, 7.26mm in width at the bow, 2.83mm in thickness, 3.09g in weight.This brooch is similar to those published by Hattatt (Hattatt, 1989, pp.297 no. 258) and discovered at Hacheston (Blagg et al, 2004, pp. 96, no. 111). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow…
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