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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-E66337
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Aucissa or Hod Hill series bow brooch. The lower half of the bow, foot, pin and part of the terminal end are all missing due to old breaks. The terminal end of the brooch is flat, flaring and has a small rectangular notch at its centre where the missing pin would have hinged. Beneath the terminal is a flat rectangular headplate with double transverse ridges containing uncertain moulded decoration. The rectangular bow is curved in profile with flanges to either side and double vertical ridges at the centre that are decorated with multiple transverse notches producing a cabled effect. Where the bow terminates there is perhaps evidence for a transverse ridge, although this is uncertain due to old breaks. The back face of the bow is flat and undecorated. It measures 20.86mm in length, 8.51mm in width at bow, 1.99mm in thickness, and weighs 1.68g.
This is an Aucissa/Hod Hill series brooch with parallels noted in Hattatt (1989: nos. 43, 1499). It is of 1st century AD date, c.43-100 AD.
Class: Aucissa or Hod Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.86 mm
Width: 8.51 mm
Thickness: 1.99 mm
Weight: 1.68 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Icklingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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 | nos. 43, 1499 |
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