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BROOCH
Unique ID: DUR-651997
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy part of a Roman bow brooch, 2nd century in date.
It is incomplete, with the bow having broken before the foot, the headloop mostly missing and the pin broken. It is a hinged example and the top of the pin still remains, hinged on the axis bar enclosed inside the wings.
Class: Bow
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.45 mm
Width: 14.57 mm
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Dalton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9252
Four figure Latitude: 53.95592
Four figure longitude: -0.599449
1:25K map: SE9252
1:10K map: SE95SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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