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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF4463

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative double lug type with fluted sides. Missing half spring, axis bar and pin, otherwise in very good condition. Differs from common examples of the type in being very short, having single grooves on the wing terminals and diagonal slashes on the centre rib which also has a wide cross groove at its end at mid bow. Two fine incised lines are visible on the centre of the lower bow and single lines along the bow edges. The catchplate has a trapezoidal piercing and a slight pin groove. Width 21mm, length 30mm. Hull type 92, Colchester B (Crummy 1983).

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Class: Colchester derivative double pierced lug type

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 70

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 21 mm
Weight: 5.87 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

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Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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

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