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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Hod Hill type brooch dating to AD 43-75 C. The bow, catchplate and foot survive but only a fragment of the head is present and the pin is missing. The brooch measures 55.94mm in length, is 26.55mm maximum width, 3.26mm minimum width at the foot, 1.17mm thick and weighs 7.98g.The wings roll upwards and forwards to hold the iron axis bar, but only a fragment of the wings remain. Immediately below the wings there are two horizontal ridges 11.19mm across. Immediately below these are four longitudinal ridges extending the width of the bow, flanked on both sides by the longitudinal ridge of what would be a semi-circular feature (missiing on both sides) rather like the handles of an amphorae. A lug with a further longitudinal ridge, finishing with a knop, lies on both sides of the bow at the base of this feature. One of these lugs has broken off at an early date.This section of the brooch bow is 19.76mm in length. Below this the bow narrows to 10.05mm and tapers to the foot of the bow 25.41mm further down.. The whole of this lower section of the bow is decorated with eight horizontal ridges, finishing with a ninth which projects forwards a little.Cf Hattat 2007 p 323 Fig 182 no 326
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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