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BROOCH
Unique ID: SOMDOR-D472D0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy bow brooch. Dolphin brooch. Incomplete. One wing, head and part of bow only. The remaining wing is long and cylindrical, housing the axis bar for a hinged pin (head only remains). The front of the wing is decorated with two grooves at the distal end. The head rises up from the wings before dropping down to from the bow. What remains of the c-sectioned bow is narrowed slightly from the head. At the top it has in-curving sides which form a curved ridge at each side of the bow front. Below this the bow widens out to encompass a downwards pointing triangular recess containing orange enamel. There is an incised line frame around the recess. The sides of the bow are then slightly in-curving again above the break. The back of the bow is deeply hollowed. Date: Roman - AD 1st century
Class:
Bow
Sub class: Dolphin type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.56 mm
Width: 32.07 mm
Thickness: 15.75 mm
Weight: 9.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
Parish or ward: Pawlett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3043
Four figure Latitude: 51.181927
Four figure longitude: -3.002867
1:25K map: ST3043
1:10K map: ST34SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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