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BROOCH
Unique ID: SOM-6D0773
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman cast copper alloy oval plate brooch. The brooch has a slightly raised lip around the outer edge of the plate and a large raised oval cell in the centre. The outer lip does not appear to be deep enough to have once contained enamel. The central cell however probably held a glass inset. Traces of the material used to hold the insert in place is visible around the edge of the inner oval. There are possible traces of stamped design around the outer oval. On the back of the brooch are the remains of the lug and the catchplate. The lug is broken and the pin is missing. It is 29.8 mm long, 21.1 mm wide and 6.4 mm thick; it weighs 5.76 grams.
Bayley and Butcher (2004:178) suggest this type (T271) date to the later third or fouth centuries with the glass insets typically having a conical top although intaglio examples are also known (e.g. SOM-ED1265
NARC-1A5213).
Sub class: Plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.8 mm
Width: 21.1 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 5.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 020861
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Kingston Deverill
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. | 2004 | Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection | London | The Society of Antiquaries | 178 | T270 |
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