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Description: | A fragment of Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably a trumpet type or trumpet derivative (AD 75-175), and consisting of part of the lower bow only. The break is old.At the break, the bow is C-shaped in cross-section, being concave to the reverse and convex to the front. It is 6.3mm wide at this point and narrows to 3.8mm wide just above the expanded foot, 5.4mm wide. Running along the centre of the bow to the front is a prominent rib, square in cross-section and decorated with parallel transverse grooves. To either edge of the bow, offset from each other but around the centre point of the surviving fragment, is a rectangular projection c.2.0x1.5mm and extending 0.5mm. It is decorated at its centre with a single transverse groove. The foot is rectangular in shape and apprently damaged/ foreshortened to one edge, measuring 5.4x2.3x1.3mm.To the reverse, c.8mm below the break, the bow becomes solid with a flat back and curved front. It is here the catchplate extends, the top edge curving outwards and downwards. The bottom edge is straight. The curl survives intact and the catchplate is 14.5mm deep.Much of the surface carries a light/ cream coloured concretion, but where the original patina survives it is smooth and shiny and grey-blue/green in colour. The inside of the catchplate especially and areas of the bow have a silvery sheen, perhaps from tinning or silvering of the surface.The fragment measures 25.5mm in length, 6.3mm in max.width and 14.5mm in max.depth. It weighs 2.58g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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