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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, possibly of Colchester derivative type. Only the lower half of the bow, foot and catchplate survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The bow is rectangular in form, D-shaped in section, with flat back and rounded front face. It is undecorated and at the foot has a slight transverse groove and projecting terminal knop. On the back face of the foot is an integrally cast catchplate. This is triangular in form with folded outer edge and rectangular pin groove. The entire fragment measures 23.89mm in length, 3.91mm in width, 2.34mm in thickness at bow (8.97mm including catchplate), and 1.66g in weight.This is the foot from an incomplete bow brooch of Roman date. It is most plausibly of Colchester derivative type (e.g. Hattatt, 1989: nos. 21, 24, 361), although a different form cannot be ruled out entirely given the preservation of the object. This fragment is of probable 1st century AD date, c.43-100 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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