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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD dateThe brooch in incomplete, missing the pin, chain-loop and catch (with a surviving length of 40.1mm, a surviving depth of 11.6mm and a weight of 6.5g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 21.3mm) with a copper alloy axis bar. The wings are of D-shaped section (4.7mm x 4.2mm) and were decorated on the fronts but now largely lost through corrosion but with a vertical rib near the terminal. At the head is the stub of an integral chain-loop. The upper bow is of D-shaped or sub-triangular section (with a width at the head of 8.0mm and a thickness of 4.8mm) with straight sides, gradually converging to the foot. The front of the bow is decorated with two columns of three triangular cells, which would have held enamel; traces of red enamel survives in one of the cells. The mid bow has a ribbed button with any other detail now lost. The leg is of D-shaped section and nay decoration in now corroded. The foot projects to the forward slightly. The catch-plate is truncated but survives on the rear of the leg. The surface is heavily pitted and corroded with traces of a dark-brown patina and a mid-green corrosion.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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