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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-649302
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A Colchester derivative Polden Hill (folded wings, Eastern Group) type copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, incomplete missing spring, pin and catchplate. Part of the semi-cylindircal wings are folded round to form a short fully enclosed section at both ends, which holds the copper-alloy axis bar. The wings have two transverse grooves across their ends. The bow is roughly D-shaped in section and has three longitudinal grooves running down its centre. As there is not trace of a catchplate but a faint longitudinal slot it is likely that the catchplate was seperate and sheet in form. This brooch measures 34.57mm in length and 23.70mm in width.
Class: Colchester-derivative Polden Hill (folded wings, Eastern Group)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.57 mm
Width: 23.7 mm
Weight: 7.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 3rd November 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Badley
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