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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester type bow brooch of the first century AD. Weight is 18.68g, length is 80.5mm. The wings have a width of 20.8mm and height of 5.1mm. The spring formed of either eight or ten coils protrudes further than the wings for a total width of 25.0mm. Part of the spring is very corroded and it appears as though there are nine coils resulting in the uncertainity over the original number of coils in the spring. A bar passes through the centre of the spring. A cord lies over the top of the spring, above the wings, passing under a hook that folds over to lay along the upper surface of the top of the bow for a length of 15.0mm. The bow has an oval cross-section with flattened upper and lower surface. The top of the bow has a width of 7.3mm and thickness of 3.9mm. The bow tapers to a point at the foot. At the lower end of the bow a small, and now bent, solid catch-plate runs along the underside of the bow from the tip of the foot. The catchplate has a length of 26.4mm, thickness of 0.9mm for a height of 3.4mm before the tip turns over. It is uncertain whether this folded over 1.8mm, that has an irregular break, is an incomplete catch-plate return to hold the now missing pin within the catch-plate or just the result of damage.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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