SF8734: Roman Enamelled disc PLATE BROOCH

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PLATE BROOCH

Unique ID: SF8734

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy disc brooch, Hattatt's "umbonate" group. Missing pin, damaged hinge lug and catchplate, some corrosion especially to side projections. The pin was hinged between two close set lugs. The central part is domed; a centre dot is ringed by two rows of enamelled triangles (10 in the inner, 12 in the outer row, blue enamel in the outer row, nothing surviving in the inner). A 4mm wide plain flat band around the domed area has eight side projections; that above the hinge is pierced, that over the catchplate is plain and the other six have a ring and dot motif - the dots may hold decayed enamel, the circles are much slighter and some show as a double line. Length on pin line 33mm, diameter excluding lugs 25mm, height excluding pin fittings 7.5mm. Hattatt no. 1574 which cites Hull's type 167C; Suffolk egs from Hacheston (pubn no 182) and Coddenham (CDD 017 182).

Class: Enamelled disc

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 7.7 g
Diameter: 25 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: CHARSFIELD

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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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.	1989	Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts: A fourth selection of brooches together with some other antiquities from the author	Oxford	Oxbow Books	126-127	no 1574

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Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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