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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of headstud type. It has short, rectangular wings that are decorated on their front faces with three vertical grooves separated by vertical ribs, the central rib on each wing having notched decoration. At the centre of the wings is an integrally cast single loop and rear hook that folds forwards onto the head of the bow. These hold in place a separately cast copper-alloy spring chord and spring of six coils from which extends the cylindrical pin that is missing its tip due to old breaks. The bow is rectangular in form, oval in section, and tapers towards its foot. At the top of the bowis a projecting circular headstud decorated on its front face with a moulded ring and dot motif. The front face of the bow beneath this has single grooves running up each side, between which are a series of 14 transverse and recessed rectangular fields that would have originally contained enamel. Traces of possible red enamel alternating with a paler(?) colour are barely visible, but the precise nature of the decoration is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. At the foot of the bow is a transverse collar formed from three transverse ribs separated by grooves, the central rib having notched decoration. Beneath the collar is a narrow neck before the foot expands to a semi-circular terminal with single transverse groove at the top of its front face. On the back face of the foot is an integral catchplate. This is flat, triangular in form, and with a folded outer edge. The entire object measures 60.80mm in length, 22.58mm in width at wings, 10.58mm in width at bow, 4.41mm in thickness at bow, and 28.91g in weight.Similar Roman headstud brooches are published by Hattatt (1989: nos. 33, 944) and Mackreth (2011: nos. 7191, 7196, 7229). These indicate a date range in the later-1st to 2nd centuries AD for the current example.
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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