BROOCH
Unique ID: HAMP1967
Cast copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a horse and rider. Flat. The missing pin was held between two pierced semi-circular lugs behind the horse's haunches. Catchplate intact, but outer edge slightly damaged. The foreleg is missing, but half of the hind leg is intact. The tail is cropped and the horse's head is elongated with a wide and rounded muzzle. The rider is well-moulded, with the hair and beard defined with incised oblique lines. The vertical mane of the horse is similarly depicted.
The rider's foot is depicted below the horse's girth. The rider holds a whip vertically in his hand and his body, both sides of the arm and whip, are recessed to hold enamel, no trace of which now survives. The horse's body is divided into four recessed cells, but no enamel now survives in any. Dull pale green patina. This is a very well-modelled example, with much facial detail.
Class:
Plate
Sub class: Zoomorphic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Length: 29 mm
Width: 24.5 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2002
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Sally
Worrell
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Identified by: Ms Sally
Worrell - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: East Hampshire
Parish: East Meon
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6624
Four figure Latitude: 51.011604 Four figure longitude: -1.06058
1:25K map: SU6624
1:10K map: SU62SE
WOEID: 32639
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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Created:
Tuesday 23rd July 2002
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
