LEIC-04ACE7: LEIC-04ACE7: Roman zoomorphic plate brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-04ACE7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete copper alloy and enamel Roman zoomorphic plate brooch. The brooch is in the shape of a horse, with the head and legs missing. The horse's body has a raised ridge around the outer edge and a line across the centre creating a void which holds red enamel in the centre and yellow enamel to either end. The horse's tail and mane are defined by small engraved lines. To the reverse is the damaged and heavily corroded remains of the catchplate on the horse's shoulded and the pin fitting on its shank. Due to the advance enamelling techniques displayed on zoomorphic brooches of this type Bayley and Butcher (2004, 174) suggest that they emerged in the first half of the second century and they appear to have been in use throughout the rest of this century.

Length: 32.0mm, width: 22.0mm, thickness: 7.2mm, weight: 3.73g

Notes:

The legend has been entirely clipped away.

Class: Zoomorphic (horse)

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 3.73 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th March 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Barkby Thorpe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6407
Four figure Latitude: 52.65695731
Four figure longitude: -1.05528137
1:25K map: SK6407
1:10K map: SK60NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S.	2004	Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection	London	The Society of Antiquaries	174

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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