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Unique ID: SF4740
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy brooch fragment, Trumpet type. Mid and upper bow only, missing spring, headloop and pin. The enamelling on the upper bow is symmetric about the centre line and has a flattened oval at the top, a central yellow triangle with ?red in the surrounding quadrilateral, and a blue triangle at the base. The central large acanthus moulding is flattened at the back and has two ribs above and below. Surviving length 35 mm. Similar in type and proportions to Hattatt no 1528, differs in the detail of mouldings flanking the acanthus and the enamelled design.
Class: Trumpet
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 75
Date to: AD 150
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Weight: 13.3 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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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.85 no 1528 |