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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-12EC21
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy plate brooch fragment of Roman date. Only the lug and part of the plate survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat and sub-triangular in form with a rounded top and pointed bottom. The front face is undecorated and the edges of the plate are defined by a pair of U-shaped notches. On the back face is an integral rectangular lug with a central circular hole.
This brooch measures 19.87mm in length, 10.61mm in width, 2.34mm in thickness, 2.99g in weight.
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 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.87 mm
Width: 10.61 mm
Thickness: 2.34 mm
Weight: 2.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: BRA 005
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: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Braiseworth
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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