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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-3F5859
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch. Only the head and part of the bow survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
At the head of the brooch the flattened terminal of the bow, with a central pin slot, is rolled forwards to hold in place, the now missing pin. The head tapers slightly and is separated from the bow by a faint transverse ridge. The bow is flat and has a concave front face. The front face is decorated with a central wavey rib with a longitudinal groove to either side. The back face is undecorated.
This brooch measures 20.21mm in length, 10.12mm in width at the head, 8.01mm in width at the bow, 1.09mm in thickness, 1.05g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded by Hattatt (Hattatt, 1989, p.322, no. 319).
Class: Hod Hill
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 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.21 mm
Width: 10.12 mm
Thickness: 1.09 mm
Weight: 1.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Icklingham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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