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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF1509

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy brooch fragment, Aucissa type. Upper bow only, with iron corrosion from hinge bar and top of pin. No trace of any inscription, stamps or other decoration on head. Flat bow with 2 broad flute mouldings and narrow ribs between and at margins. Width 11mm, surviving length 28mm. As Hattatt no 43 etc but less emphasis on centre rib.

Notes:

Finders' (Damant & Blow) no. 205

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 25
Date to: AD 65

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 11 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK SUTTON

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.	1989	Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts: A fourth selection of brooches together with some other antiquities from the author	Oxford	Oxbow Books	p.317 no 43

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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