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NLM4213: Brooch. 4213

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NLM4213

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Large crossbow brooch, wings lightly bent, incised lines on bow, foot with ring dot decoration. Bow hollow, airhole. Pin missing.

Notes:

Checked following Sophie Catley. Sub-class' added: 'Crossbow'. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.

Class: Bow brooch
Sub class: Crossbow

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 300
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 81.3 mm
Width: 50.3 mm
Weight: 52.03 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 1999

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM1672

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Geometric

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: LINCOLNSHIRE AUNSBY AND DEMBLEBY

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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