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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF2934

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy brooch, Hod Hill type, openwork type. Missing pin, damaged upper part, corroded. Cross rib at top, stubs of openwork loop below. Flaring ribs and flute moulding with projecting side knobs and stub of openwork loops at base. D-section lower bow 2 cross ribs at top. Length 44mm, width 16mm. Type as Hattatt nos. 55, 325, 856.

Notes:

Finders Damant & Blow

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 2000

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: no.44 R

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

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. 323 nos 325, 326, 55

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Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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