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NLM645: Bow brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NLM645

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Pin and part of the spring missing, incised lines and one 'eye' on foot, none on top. German, Claudian.

Notes:

Checked by MF following Sophie Catley. Dating completed [unamended]; drawing ref. added.

Class: Bow

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 60

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 53.7 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Weight: 4.21 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd March 1998

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLPS0724 nlm00724

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Other

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Fenland (District)
To be known as: FENLAND

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Hattatt, R. 1982 Ancient and Romano-British brooches Sherborne Dorset Publishing p.18f, 262.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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