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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman sprung T-shaped brooch which would have had two parts and is now missing its spring mechanism and pin. The pin would have been held in the catchplate at the back of the foot of the brooch, which are also missing. Between the two wings, at the head of the brooch, are the remains of the base of the loop or hook for the chord that extended from the spring. Below this corroded lump is a circular rivet hole, 2 mm in diameter, that passes through the body of the brooch but still holds the remains of an iron rivet that would have originally attached a moulding or perhaps an applied hook to the head of the brooch. The beginnings of the front of the wings are intact but form part of the cylindrical crossbar where the spring would have been housed, between the two closed ends which secured the axial rod, which are all now missing. The slightly larger projection of wing is decorated with the first of many, looking at comparanda, raised ribs that are 1 mm wide, with transverse horizontal grooves, so that they look like rouletting, running around the circumference of the wing. The bow is triangular in plan and semi-circular in section, with a hollow back, where it has broken off, and would have been about twice as long and tapered to a narrow foot, looking at comparanda. The front of the bow has a flattened rectangular panel with slightly raised, moulded ridges on either side which taper towards the broken end, 20 mm down the length of the bow.Hattatt (2000) illustrates similar T-shaped brooches with rouletted wings, riveted mouldings and an applied hook on pages 303-304, figs.162-163, nos.1517, 933 & 412, which is dated from the 1st-2nd century AD.Bayley and Butcher (2004) illustrate a developed T-shaped brooch with an applied hook and tapering bow on page 166, fig.138, no.T144, which is dated from the 2nd century 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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