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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy hinged Roman T-shaped brooch with a bow that is triangular in plan and section with raised square facets on the head that extend down the bow, creating transverse ridges. The width of the raised area tapers from 5 mm to 3 mm where it terminates towards the base of the bow. The height of the mouldings decreases from 3 mm at the head to 1 mm towards the foot, but it is worn and pitted at this point. The more complete of the two wings is incised with a pair of parallel transverse grooves that run around the circumference of the terminal. Both tubular wings have broken open to expose the copper alloy spindle within and there is also part of the hinge that encircled the spindle in the gap in the centre at the back of the head of the brooch. Part of the pin, about 8 mm in length, extends off of the hinge and has corroded to the back of the bow. The rest of the pin, the catchplate and the foot are all missing. Hattatt (2000) illustrates a hinged T-shaped brooch with similar faceted mouldings on page 302, fig.161, no.394, which is dated from the 1st to the 2nd century AD.Bayley and Butcher (2004) illustrate a hinged T-shaped brooch with a similar ribbed moulding from the head to half way down the bow on page 158, fig.127, no.T135, which is dated from the mid to late 1st 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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