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Description: | A complete and well preserved copper-alloy umbonate brooch of Roman date (c. 2nd/3rd century). The brooch retains its pin and demonstrates a consistent brownish green patina. The body of the brooch is convex in section and domes outwards, leaving a convacity in which the pin sits. It is decorated at each of the cardinal points with four knops, two of which represent the mechanism for securing the pin and catch-plate. The surface of the domed brooch body has been decorated with two concentric circles. Inside the outer circle, thirteen inward facing triangular shaped recesses are present, while the same is mirrored in the inner circle, except that these are much smaller in size. These recesses would have likely held enamel, yet little of this survives now. A few hints of blue are visible in the recesses of the outer circle, while some green enamel is possibly visible in the recesses of the inner circle. The concentric/triangle composition gives the appearance of a 'sunburst', when viewed from above. A brooch which is almost identical in terms of form and decoration (though not in terms of completeness) can be found in SWYOR-39F705, as well as in LIN-E662F5 and SUSS-D800C4. In Hattatt's corpus, no. 1059 is almost identical to this example (Hattatt 1987, p. 182, fig. 59).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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