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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-C40FD7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill derivative bow brooch. Only the lower half of the bow, foot and part of the catchplate survive, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. The bow is flat, rectangular in form and tapers slightly towards the foot. At the centre of its front face is a central, projecting vertical rib that has transverse notched decoration. At the join of bow and foot there is a transverse moulded rib that projects slightly beyond the edges of the bow. Beneath this extends the foot, which is flat, triangular in form and tapers towards its base. The foot appears undecorated but has a projecting oval shaped terminal knop. On the back face of the foot is an integrally cast but incomplete catchplate that is semi-circular in form/profile although missing its outer edge due to old breaks. This brooch fragment measures 32.38mm in length, 5.68mm in width, 2.41mm in thickness at bow, and weighs 1.37g.
This is an incomplete Roman Hod Hill or Hod Hill derivative bow brooch similar to an example published by Hattatt (1989: no. 49). It is of 1st century AD date, c.43-100 AD.
Class: Hod Hill derivative
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: 32.38 mm
Width: 5.68 mm
Thickness: 2.41 mm
Weight: 1.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 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: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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