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BROOCH

Unique ID: WILT-0C80B2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A fragment of a copper alloy Roman (AD c.100-c.200) headstud brooch, missing its head, pin and the curl of the catchplate. Overall, the brooch measures 39.6mm long, 8.0mm wide and 10.9mm thick. It weighs 2.78g. The break is just above the stud. The stud is oval and has a raised cross in its centre. The reverse of the stud is concave. The rest of the bow and the foot taper in width from 8mm to 3.6mm and is roughly semi-circular in cross-section. The bow and foot are distinguished by a slight bend halfway along the fragment's length. They are decorated with a central longitudinal ridge of raised lozenges, formed from flanking lines of triangular indents, which may have contained enamel. The foot terminates with a series of transverse grooves and an expanded endcap. The catchplate projects from the centre of the reverse of the foot.

cf. Hattatt, p.332, Fig. 191, nos 37 and 422.

Class: Headstud

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 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39.6 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 10.9 mm
Weight: 2.78 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 4426

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Broad Chalke (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0324
Four figure Latitude: 51.01537053
Four figure longitude: -1.95860828
1:25K map: SU0324
1:10K map: SU02SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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