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BROOCH
Unique ID: HAMP-537873
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A damaged and incomplete Late Iron Age/Early Roman cast copper-alloy brooch, probably best classified as being of the strip bow type. The brooch has a rectangular bow (W.: 11.0mm). The head is the widest point (11.9mm) and features a central removal (pin slot) and a cylinder formed by rolling the head forward on itself, as is the case for this type. Retained within the slot, looped around the axis bar, is the head of the pin, the rest of which is otherwise missing. The flat bow is decorated with low transverse ridges. Some of these rows are decorated with circular punches. Below the bow the brooch tapers to the leg, which is trapezoidal, tapering down its length to c. 5.2mm. The leg is decorated in longitudinal rows of punched circles between low ridges. The leg has been bent at a right angle to the bow as a result of old damage. The foot expands slightly to a width of c. 6.0mm before tapering to a point. Its top and bottom are decorated with a transverse rows of punches. The abraded sub-triangular catch-plate is located on the lower surface of the foot. The web of the catch-plate measures 6.4mm in length. The artefact has corroded to a red-brown colour with patches of green corrosion product. For conventional strip bow brooches see Hattatt (2000, 319; fig. 178).
Class: strip bow
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 70
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.3 mm
Height: 17.4 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 4.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Friday 10th December 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2900
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Twyford CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 319 | 178 |
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