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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF3726
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy dragonesque brooch fragment. Missing pin and one terminal. S-shape outline. Flattish back. The surviving animal head terminal has a thicker conical "ear" and the snout is damaged; a narrow strip joins the chin to the body below. Enamelled panels on the body consist of 3 central rectangles with tapered panels at each end, coloured alternately perhaps originally blue (now much discoloured greenish) and matt yellow. Surviving length 33mm. Very similar to Hattatt no. 608 in size and style, but that example has a ring terminal on the snout (present example does not have the scar of such a ring).
Class: Dragonesque
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK ORFORD
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1985 | Iron Age and Roman Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | p.171-3 no.608 |
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