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BROOCH
Unique ID: IOW-50E085
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch (AD 100-200).
The pin is missing.
The plate is rectangular in plan. However, at one end the corners are chamfered due to breaks.
At the front it has a plain raised border enclosing a central design depicting a hound or possibly a hare running right. The ears are long and angled backwards and the tail curls upwards. The animal is proud and surrounded by decayed off-white and crazed enamel. Some of the enamel has a blue tinge. Consequently, it is possible that the enamel was originally blue prior to becoming decayed. The rear face has a pin lug and catch-plate. There are the remains of an iron pin bar in the perforation in the lug. The curled-over part that secured the pin tip is missing on the catch-plate.
The metal part of this brooch is dark green and corroded. The enamel is fragile and the breaks are old.
Length: 28.2mm; width: 11.8mm; thickness: 1.3mm; overall thickness: 5.7mm. Weight: 3.01g.
Similar brooches have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: HAMP-DCDD52; NARC-5EBE83; NMS527 and SWYOR-25F884. Other rectangular plate brooches have also been recorded. For example, see: BERK-B76410; DENO-4E2494; HAMP-0D3AF1; HAMP3622; IOW-DE50E0; IOW-FFF951; KENT-455EB1; LIN-399AB4; NMS-C68564; SUR-36BA57; SUR-A099E7; SWYOR-788BE1; SWYOR-E06628 and WMID5562.
Rectangular plate brooches have been published and illustrated (Hattatt 1989: 349, fig. 208).
Hattatt, R. 1989. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class:
Plate
Sub class: Zoomorphic (hound)
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 100
Date to: Exactly AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.2 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 3.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-2-409
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1989 | Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts: A fourth selection of brooches together with some other antiquities from the author | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 349 | 208 |
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