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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-FA24B2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch, spring, pin, most of both wings, the rearhook and the lower part of the bow missing. Near the top of the bow two transverse grooves flank a row of longitudinal grooves. The main part is decorated with a median band of two wavy grooves, and a groove and an engraved cable pattern run along both edges. Extant length 33.5mm. c.43 - c.65.
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: Circa AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 28th June 2013 - Saturday 21st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 39288
Other reference: ECKW122013
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: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9895
Four figure Latitude: 52.51690211
Four figure longitude: 0.91670922
1:25K map: TL9895
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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