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Description: | A incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age to Early Roman strip bow brooch, dating to the period c. AD 25- 75. The pin part of the foot and catchplate are missing. The remaining portion of the bow is forms an elongated triangle that tapers to a rounded foot. A V-sectioned groove extends longitudinally down the centre of the bow's upper surface, with shallow horizontal incised lines running the entire length of the grove giving the appearance of a raised central portion. A single shallow groove 1.55mm for the tip of the bow seems to form a division between the main bow and the foot, as the incised decoratation on the main bow to terminates at this point.It measures 56.51mm in length, and is 11.36mm wide at its widest point, and 2.52mm at the tip, with a weight of 2.86g.Hattatt (2000) Illustrates similar examples no 341, 341a
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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