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BROOCH
Unique ID: DOR-62564C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete enamelled copper alloy Roman zoomorphic plate brooch in the shape of a hare dating to the period c. AD 100 - 200. The animal is depicted running right and has an extended muzzle, long pointed ears and extended front and back legs. The circular eye is recessed and contains tracces of degraded, possibly blue, enamel. There is a single sinuous recess following the shape of the body which would have contained enamel, none of which remains. The mouth, fold of the ears, paws and tail are indicated by incised lines.
The reverse features a pair of pierced lugs housing a short axis bar for a hinged pin mounted on the rump of the animal. The pin terminates in an old break. The remnant of the catchplate is positioned on the reverse of the head.
Cf. Hattat, R, 2000, p. 362, no. 1189.
The brooch measures 32.67mm in length, is 18.78mm wide, 10.40mm thick and weighs 3.72g.
Class: Zoomorphic (hare)
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: 32.67 mm
Width: 18.78 mm
Thickness: 10.4 mm
Weight: 3.72 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: GSM3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Gussage St Michael
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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