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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF-8C63C3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy brooch, Knickfibel type. Missing spring, pin and most of catchplate and forward hook; very corroded. The small wings have no surviving decoration. The bow is D-section, the upper half strongly arched and with a knob, probably very abraded, above the turn into a slightly tapering lower bow which ends in a point. Length 44mm, width 9mm. Type as Riha (1979, Augst) Typ 2.7, similar shape and condition to her no.225. This type, related to the Eye brooch, is Continental, particularly found on the Rhine and rare in Britain; date early-mid 1st C.

Class: Knickfibel

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 30
Date to: AD 70

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 9 mm
Weight: 3.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Isleham, Cambs

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

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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