Record ID: NMGW-7ACF21 - IRON AGE bow brooch

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Bow brooch

Unique ID: NMGW-7ACF21

Object type certainty: Certain

Copper alloy bow brooch of La Tene III type, and of Nauheim derivative form of 1st century BC to 1st Century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot and catch-plate and the spring has broken at the chord. The spring, typically for the type had an internal chord and would have had two coils either side of the head. The bow profile is flat and the spring erupts in a near straight line from the bow. The surviving upper bow is flat with angular shoulders and converging sides. The face is decorated with an incised side border and three horizontal incised lines. There is a central sub-rectangular panel containing slight horizontal raised lines. Beneath the three incised lines, the bow is plain, but has the suggestion of another incised horizontal above the break.

Class: La Tene III
Sub class: Nauheim derivative

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 36.8 mm
Width: 8.3 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: West Sussex
District: Chichester
Parish: Bury

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ0113
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2003

Personal details

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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.10.3

References cited

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