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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-483168
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy Roman T shaped brooch dating to AD 50-150. The pin is missing as is the lower part of the bow. At the top of the brooch the loop has broken off. There are then two arms which make a T bar. The bow is decorated with raised lines down the edge and horizontally which frame two lozengiform shapes surrounded by triangular spaces. Beneath the top framed section there is raised horizontal decoration. Cf Hattatt (1989) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches p303 no 387.
Notes:
This artefact was found in the late 1990's and has been recorded on the database from a paper record. It has not been seen in person by the recorder.
Class: T-shaped (developed)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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