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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-1F92B8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch. It is probably a Hod Hill type with a straight bow. The upper, rolled-over terminal is incomplete, and the pin is missing. The bow is a narrow triangular shape, tapering toward a point at its foot behind which is the catchplate. The bow has a shallow central longitudinal rib, and the surfaces are corroded. The leg is straight in profile. The brooch measures 39.76mm in length and is 10.2mm wide at the upper terminal. It weighs 2.24g.
Hod Hill brooches are likely to date to the first century AD. This example bears some resemblence to one from Cambridge, which also has elements of Bagendon and Aucissa types, and is illustrated in Hattatt, 1987, no.861.
Class: Hod Hill
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 70
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.76 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Weight: 2.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1987 | Brooches of Antiquity: a third selection of brooches from the author's collection | Oxford | Oxbow Books | fig.29, no.861 |
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