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Roman Knee Brooch
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Mary Blevins, 2012-02-08 14:33:50
Title
Roman Knee Brooch
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman knee brooch dating from about 150-250 AD. The brooch has a flat half-rounded headplate with a sharply angled and bulbous bow which is convex in cross-section and concave on the back. Two lugs on the reverse of the headplate hold a copper alloy axis bar, on which is a copper-alloy spring of six turns; the foot, pin and catchplate are missing. The brooch has a light-medium green patina. See Hattatt's (2000) Visual Catalogue, page 334, figure 193. Please compare to PAS record ID: LIN-71CDA2.

Length: 24.6mm; Width: 15.7mm; Thickness: 10.7mm; Weight: 6.31g
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 150 and 250
Accession number
FindID: 487518
Old ref: SWYOR-27F441
Filename: PAS_1676_brooch.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/369316
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/369316
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/487518
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Object location53° 46′ 30.36″ N, 1° 15′ 23.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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