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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-4F9B18
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy bow brooch of Roman date. Only the foot survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat, flaring triangular in shape with a straight terminal edge. The front face is decorated with a central downward pointing triangle with a central longitudinal groove. On the back face are the remains of a central longitudinal catch plate.
Unfortunately the diagnostic features of this brooch are missing. Similar examples of decoration can be seen in Hattatt (Hattatt, 1989, p.311, no. 290, p. 312, no.1486).
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 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.52 mm
Width: 23.6 mm
Thickness: 2.13 mm
Weight: 4.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: BRG 036
Other reference: 29
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: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Great Barton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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