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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR111

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy tapering bow brooch. Cylindrical wings housing axis bar for a hinged pin. Wings and foot are decorated with incised lines. Broad upper part of bow has 3 lozenge recesses for enamel. Rectangular frame around these with traces of red enamel. Relief lozenge below. Stub of chain loop at head.

Notes:

PAL 109

Class: T-shaped (tapering bow)

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40.32 mm
Width: 25.54 mm
Weight: 10.04 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: SP4

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Hattatt, R. 1982 Ancient and Romano-British brooches Sherborne Dorset Publishing 29

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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