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LEIC-785AA1: Roman Bow Brooch.

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-785AA1

Object type certainty: Certain
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Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 30mm long and 19mm wide. The brooch consists of plain rectangular wings with a c shaped section which sits in front of a spring of 6 coils. The bow has a sub rectangular section with a slightly concave upper surface. This is decorated with a vertical linear depression running its length. The catchplate and pin are missing.

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 43
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 4.98 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
Parish or ward: Dennington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM2771
Four figure Latitude: 52.29021157
Four figure longitude: 1.32711665
1:25K map: TM2771
1:10K map: TM27SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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