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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-C94AD7
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn and corroded copper-alloy object, possibly a Colchester type brooch of Roman date. It has a cylindrical body, tapering at one end (top?) to a curving and pointed hook, probably missing its tip due to old breaks. At the opposite end the body tapers, bends outwards to an angle of 90 degrees before eventually narrowing to a pointed tip. There is no sign of any decoration or attachments, and all surfaces are pitted and extremely worn. It measures 64.90mm in length, 3.95mm in maximum diameter/thickness and 3.72g in weight.
The precise form and function of this object remain uncertain. It is plausible that the curving, hook shaped end at the top(?) may have originally been the start of an integral spring chord, a catchplate now missing from the opposite end of the object, the original form being a Colchester type brooch of later Iron Age to Roman date. This remains a possibility, however the preservation of the object makes close attribution impossible and differing functions as a pin, needle or similar item, and of potentially much later date, cannot be ruled out.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.9 mm
Thickness: 3.95 mm
Weight: 3.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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