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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age or early Roman applied hook type brooch dating to the period c. AD 25 - 100. The brooch can be categorised as a Hull Group 7 T112 - 117 T-shape brooch. The pin is missing. The brooch measures 33.97mm in length, 30.15mm maximum width, 5.88mm minimum width, has a maximum thickness of 10.96mm, a minimum thickness of 3.95mm and weighs 11.69g.The head exhibits rolled cylindrical wings which house the corroded remains of the iron axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism. The pin is missing. The wings are divided by a central pin slot. The wings are decorated by a series of alternating longitudinal grooves and ridges. The bow arches back from the head and tapers from a width of 11.18mm to 5.88mm. It thickens along its length from 3.95mm at the head to 10.96mm at the catchplate. The bow is decorated by a central longitudinal groove flanked on either side by a ridge followed by a wide groove with a zig-zag ridge running down the middle followed by a wide ridge and a narrow groove running long the edge of the bow. There is an incomplete applied hook attachment located on the bow held in place by two copper alloy rivets located at each end of the long axis of the attachment. The attachement is irregularly shaped consisting of a wide upper section which was probably ovular in shape prior to damage whcih then tapers before widening out into a lozengiform terminal with rounded corners. It terminates roughtly mid-way along the length of the bow. The attachment measures 16.03mm in length, 7.24mm maximum width and 2.07mm minimum width.The catchplate extends from the reverse of the bow and terminates in an incomplete rolled pin rest. The brooch has a mottled mid-dark green patina. The applied hook has an even mid-green patina, indicating that it may have a slightly different composition to the rest of the brooch.Bayley and Butcher (2004, p. 157) state " The distribution is centred in Dorset and Somerset and it appears that the distinctive riveted plate is a local invention. Most of those analysed are brasses and have very low lead contents, unlike most of the early to mid-first-century British brooch types which are normally bronzes." Cf. Bayley and Butcher, 2004, p. 157.Cf. DOR-51B466 for a similar example on the database.
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