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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-45F4B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman brooch; a dolphin brooch dating from the first century. The brooch is 40.6mm long, 27.6mm wide and 17mm thick. It has tubular wings with a slot for the hinged pin which is missing. The fronts of the wings are decorated with raised transverse lines and beaded lines. The bow is humped and tapers to a point at the foot. There is a raised line down the centre of the bow, and possible diagonal lines on each side, but corrosion makes these debatable. The catchplate is broken and very little survives. The brooch has a patchy light green and brown patina. This type of brooch dates from AD 55 - 100 (Worrall, Northern Newsletter Winter 2007), and similar examples can be seen on page 298 of Hattatt's "Visual Catalogue" (2000).
Class: dolphin
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 55
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.6 mm
Width: 27.6 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2007 - Thursday 1st November 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Owersby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0594
Four figure Latitude: 53.432338
Four figure longitude: -0.421036
1:25K map: TF0594
1:10K map: TF09SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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