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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOM-D76824

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy Roman skeumorphic plate brooch, c. AD 180-350. Plouviez Period Z.

The plate brooch has been cast in the form of a swastika (an equal-armed cross with the arms bent halfway at a right angle, oriented from the centre point). At the end of each arm are two incised grooves in a T shape, creating two small squares. The back of the plate is undecorated. The pin is missing, but the integral hinge fitting survives as does the catchplate, both of which project from the back of the plate at the bend of two opposite arms.

Length: 39.44mm, width: 30.00mm, thickness: 2.23mm, weight: 8.71g. Cf. LVPL-01AD05, LVPL-F52FB5, and BM 1874,1228.4. Bayley & Butcher, 2004: p. 240, Hull Type 276.

Notes:

This find has been designated as a Find of Note with regional importance as at present (01/2022) it is the only example of its type recorded by the PAS in Somerset.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance

Class: skeumorphic
Sub class: Bayley and Butcher, 2004: p. 240, no. 276

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Museum of Somerset Collection
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 180
Date to: Circa AD 350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.44 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 2.23 mm
Weight: 8.71 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC 019608

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Stawley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST0821
Four figure Latitude: 50.98103113
Four figure longitude: -3.31193363
1:25K map: ST0821
1:10K map: ST02SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Museum of Somerset Collection
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	p. 240	no. 276

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Created: 2 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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