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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with lozenge-shaped settings for enamel which has since corroded away. The enamel would have been set into the three oval settings within the lozenge-shaped panels running the length of the bow on the upper face. The head of the brooch has a raised rectangle, 9 mm long by 6 mm wide, with as incised angular cross within a border of rouletting on either side, 1.5 mm wide, running longitudinally down the head. On either side of the head, the tubular wings taper slightly to their terminals which have three transverse ridges and grooves on the front of the wings. The copper alloy spindle can be seen in the gap at the back of the head of the brooch, between the wings, where the hinge would have attached the pin to the spindle, still intact within the wings or crossbar. The pin, catchplate and foot of the brooch are all missing.Hattatt (2000) illustrates similar enamelled T-shaped brooches on page 303, fig.162, nos.28, 386 & 908, which are dated from the 1st to the 2nd century AD. Bayley & Butcher (2004) illustrate a similar developed T-shaped brooch on page 166, fig.138, no.T105/6, which is dated from c.AD 50-180.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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