NMS-B6A8E7: Romano-British umbonate brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-B6A8E7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete Romano-British umbonate brooch (>22 x >31mm), conical type, two circles of triangular cells producing sunburst motif, the outer enamels are blue/black, the inner ones alternating red and blue, ring-and-dot at centre, fragment of groove around umbo, slight flanking triangular projections (one side of outside edge missing), head with broken chain-loop, twin perforated lugs contain fragment of pin, broken catch-plate at foot. 2nd century AD.

Class: umbonate

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 22 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Sedgeford

Spatial coordinates

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Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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