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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF-E3F953

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy oval shaped plate brooch, a later Roman British product of 2nd-3rd century date, of Hattats 'gilded glass centre-boss type', nos 173, 172, 1210, 641 and 1212 (Hattat 1989, 364, fig 223) The brooch is worn and a fragment of one side and the pin are missing and the catchplate is incomplete. It has a central oval recess which would have originally contained a setting, traces of a dark blue glass remain within this. Surrounding the central recess is a gilded border, which is further decorated with opposing rows of zigzags, with their points touching. On the back face there is an integral double pin lug with the remains of a wire copper-alloy pin attached to it. All that remains of the catchplate is a vertical ridge. This brooch measures 25.15mm in length and 18.04mm in width.

Class: plate

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.15 mm
Width: 18.04 mm
Weight: 4.84 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finders reference; no. 49

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
To be known as: Steeple Bumpstead

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	2000	A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches	Oxford	Oxbow Books	364, fig 223

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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