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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy item, possibly a Colchester one-piece brooch dating to c.30-70 AD. Part of the brooch head and upper bow survives with most of the spring and the pin and the remainder of the bow and foot lost to old, worn breaks. the remaining section consists of the hook on the top of the head, which previously held the chord of the spring but is now bent flat and to one side and one wing, now worn and bent, projectng from the left corner of the head. There is scarring where the other wing has been lost but no visible remains of the spring, althoguh is area is very worn and may obscure the break. The head has a straight upper edge and the bow is unusually wide and rectangular in section. The bow has now been flattened and lost the original curve but there are traces of two incised grooves running down the length. The remaining piece is now 21.9mm long, 8.9mm wide, excluding the loops at the head, 11.9mm including them, 1.8mm thick and weighs 2.00 grans.A similar example is illustrated in Bayley and Butcher (2004;63), no. 54, although with a less flat bow. SOM-298536 and SUSS-A89254 on this database have similarly flat bows with incised decoration. What is interpreted as the remaining wing is unusually long but similar long examples are known (e.g. Mackreth 2001: plate 24 no.93). Due to various discrepancies this identification is uncertain but has been left as a possiblity pending other suggestions.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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