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The British Museum, Michael Byard, 2019-12-12 16:32:22 |
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BROOCH |
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| Description |
English: An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester type brooch dating to the 1st Century, to the period of AD 25 - 60. The pin and part of the spring is missing.
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch dating from the Late Iron Age to Roman period (c. AD 25-60). The brooch survives as the entire bow, foot, and approximately one third of the catchplate. The remaining spring and the pin have been lost. The head of the brooch possesses two short,wings which have a total width of 15mm. They are thin and rectangular when viewed from the front of the brooch. Both narrow from the centre of the brooch to their tip on both sides, such that they are each triangular in plan. Behind the wings is a centrally placed projecting bar which splits into two, one part at the top, one at the bottom. The bottom section projects horizontally backwards and then coil to the left of the brooch (if seen from the front) four times before then folding over the top of the spring. The upper projection curls up and over itself before and then flat against the top of the bow to form a loop through which a portion of the lower spring runs through. The bow projects from the front of the wings with a width of c.6mm. It is sub-rectangular, in cross section and gradually narrows down its length to a minimum width of c.2mm at the foot which is rounded and plain. The entire bow is also plain and undecorated. A triangular catchplate projects from the reverse of the brooch. The brooch has a light green patina and is worn smooth. The brooch is 52.3mm long, 18mm wide at the wings, c.4.03mm thick in profile and weighs 8.7 grams. Similar brooches are illustrated by Hattat (2000: 296, fig. 155 particularly no. 14), Mackreth (2011, pl. 22) and Bayley and Butcher (2004, 62-63 particularly No. 55 and 60). The latter describes the type as one from south-eastern Britain which are defined by their cross bar protecting an integral spring. They further state that this form was made before the Roman conquest (Bayley and Butcher 2004, 149) and continued into the middle of the 1st century AD. Both the dates provided by Hattat (2000: 296) and Mackreth (2011: 38) support this. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Oxfordshire | ||
| Date | between 25 and 60 | ||
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FindIdentifier: 985173 |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1085156 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1085156/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine |
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