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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-F4F4C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Romano-British Sprung Dolphin brooch, spring, pin and catchplate flap missing. Three rear-facing hooks, cf. Hattatt no.354. Wings decorated with a narrow groove immediately outside both outer hooks and a broader grooves within them. The rear of the bow is convex. Its front begins with a median rib between two flutes. The latter dies away by the lower bow and a single flute continues down to the foot. Length 46mm. Wingspan 24mm. c.40 - 65 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2006 - Thursday 16th March 2006
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 44766
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Briningham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1985 | Iron Age and Roman Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | no.354. |
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