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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2009-10-21 15:36:17 |
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| Title |
Roman Knee Brooch |
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| Description |
English: A complete Roman (mid-2nd - mid-3rd century) copper alloy knee brooch of the semicircular headed type, with spring mechanism and horizontal catch. It measures 36.16mm in length and weighs 13.8g.
The semicircular head measures 16.91mm in width and is 10.01mm high. To the reverse is a substantial D-shaped double-pierced lug (4.05mm thick) holding the chord and an iron axis bar (the remains of which are apparent along the spring) around which is a long 11-coil spring (one of which extends into the intact pin). This extends either side of the head, being 22.59mm in width. The bow is D-shaped in section, being flat to the reverse, and kicks forward with a sharp curve to the front, before curving to the flared foot, which in turn kicks outwards. The bow is 9.67x3.76mm where is extends from the head, 10.37x5.27mm mid-curve, 4.32mm wide at the ankle and 6.33x4.68mm at the semi-circular base of the foot. The horizontal catchplate extends 3mm to the reverse from the ankle to the bottom of the foot. Knee brooches are described by Bayley & Butcher (2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries, page 179) as Late Bow Brooches and are a continental type, best known from the forts of the German limes. The authors state that knee brooches were also found in forts in Britain but have a wider distribution; ‘some types seem to be British products and to be decorative rather than utilitarian’. Worrell (Worrell, S. 2007 ‘Roman Brooch Timeline’ North-West PAS Newsletter). Cf.Hattatt 2007, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, fig.193. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Wiltshire | ||
| Date | between 150 and 250 | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 274077 Old ref: WILT-865E58 Filename: Croker1009kneebrooch.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/225484 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/225484/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/274077 |
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