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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a duck. It is missing the head, wings, pin, catchplate, lug and part of the tail due to old breaks, now worn.It is flat. The main body is sub-oval in form and tapers before expanding to a flaring tail. At the top of the body are the remains of where the now missing head would have been placed. Behind the head is a raised downward pointing triangular rib. The rib and the plate to either side are decorated with transverse wavey grooves. The remains of the tail are decorated with transverse grooves. The back face is undecorated and has the remains of the lug and catchplate.This brooch measures 28.96mm in length, 13.55mm in width, 3.57mm in thickness, 3.68g in weight.There are similar examples record by Hattatt (Hattatt, 1989, p. 360, no. 1168, 1170). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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