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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM5266
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Large nice Dolphin brooch, vertical ribs along bow and wings. Sprung.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Sub-classification added: 'Colchester derivative'. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.
Class:
Bow brooch
Sub class: Colchester derivative
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.8 mm
Width: 36.9 mm
Weight: 22.3 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM2404
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: HUMBERSIDE OWSTON FERRY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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