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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUSS-0867D2
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Published 
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy T-shaped hinged brooch of Hull T133 dating c. AD 43-150.
The wings are tubular with a single decorative groove on the front surface at the terminal ends. On the reverse side is a rectangular slot where the intact copper alloy axis bar is visible. One wing is slightly crushed. The bow extends from the top of the wings and tapers to a worn break. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and triangular in plan and decorated with vertical moulded ribs creating a central concave panel 2.15mm wide bordered by a pair of vertical ribs. These are flanked by a further rib on each side tapering towards the break and finally a further shorter rib on each side terminating below the wings and expanding the bow at the head. At the end of the surviving bow, just above the break is a transverse groove forming the base of the grooved panel. The bow forms a gentle arched profile and is plain on the reverse. There are traces of silvery white metal or tinning on all surfaces of the brooch which has a green patina.
Measurements: length: 26.47mm; total width at wings: 29.01mm; width of bow: 13.15mm to 5.28mm; thickness of bow: 2.52mm and weight: 5.15g.
Similar examples are published in
Hull: T104, T118, T121B, T124, T125, 130, T131, T133 T137; Bayley and Butcher 2004, 159, fig. 127;
Hattatt 2000, fig. 161, top 2 rows
Mackreth 2011, CD H Oddments-Oddments X. plates 62-63.
Class:
Initial T-;shaped hinged
Sub class: Hull: T104, T118, T121B, T124, T125, 130, T131, T133 T137; Bayley and Butcher 2004, 159, fig. 127; Mackreth 2011, Hattatt 2000, fig. 161, top 2 rows 2011, CD H Oddments-Oddments X
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.47 mm
Width: 29.01 mm
Weight: 5.15 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stapleford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0638
Four figure Latitude: 51.14123713
Four figure longitude: -1.91561391
1:25K map: SU0638
1:10K map: SU03NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackreth, D.F. | 2011 | Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain | Oxford | Oxbow Books | plates 62-63 |
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