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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF3421

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy brooch fragment, Knee type. Head-plate only. Semi-circular headplate with 2 lugs for spring on back. Traces of white metal coating ; angled notches around the curved edge. The small stub of the bow is hollow backed and rounded with no moulding at junction. Width 21mm, surviving length 13mm. Probably Snape 1993 type 5.1D or 5.2

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: Knee

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 150
Date to: AD 299

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 21 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: White metal
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK GREAT FINBOROUGH

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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
Snape, M.E. 1993 Roman Brooches from North Britain: A classification and a catalogue of brooches from sites on the Stanegate Oxford British Archaeological Reports 235 pp17-20

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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