NCL-07D7D2: Copper alloy Roman bow brooch terminal.

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NCL-07D7D2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy bow brooch terminal dating from the Roman period. The terminal from a Roman bow brooch, possibly an enamelled hinged T-shaped brooch with a toothed edge, similar ones can be seen on page 95 in Roman Brooches in Britain (Bayley and Butcher 2004). The terminal is sub-triangular in plan with the top end being broken from the rest of the brooch. Traces of the catchplate remain on the back but the brooch has broken before reaching the pin mechanism. The terminal is decorated on one face with a line of lozenges running down the length of the brooch. The triangular cells on the sides of the lozenges are concave and would have held enamel. At the bottom of the brooch is a forward facing, protruding, circular footknob. This has two concentric circles as decoration.

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: Post AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.45 mm
Width: 8.77 mm
Thickness: 3.37 mm
Weight: 3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st December 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Raskelf (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4971
Four figure Latitude: 54.13252
Four figure longitude: -1.251601
1:25K map: SE4971
1:10K map: SE47SE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S.	2004	Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection	London	The Society of Antiquaries

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Recording Institution: NCL
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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