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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR398

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy dolphin brooch. Short tubular wings which taper to flat ends. They are decorated with incised lines around circumference and the edge of the folded metal can be seen at the back. This has been decorated with a band of diagonal lines. Wings house axis bar. Pin is missing. There is a raised leaf shape at the head decorated with incised herringbone lines. Below on the bow is a second raised panel decorated with three small circular recesses around a raised triangle. Longitudinal line and dot decoration along the bow to which tapers to a plain foot. There is a small catchplate at the foot.

Notes:

PAL 1114

Class: Bow brooch
Sub class: Colchester derivative - dolphin

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.82 mm
Width: 23.74 mm
Weight: 7.43 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Weymouth and Portland (District)
To be known as: Weymouth

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

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

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