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BROOCH
Unique ID: SOMDOR-37E553
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy plate brooch of Roman date with a glass central boss. The surviving portion has traces of gilding on the front surface. The glass boss is missing and about half of the metal element survives. It was originally oval in shape. The front of the brooch has an oval, lipped recess for the missing boss. Around this is a shallow framing channel with traces of stamped ring and dot decoration overlain with gilding. Between the channel and the edge of the brooch is a raised, flat topped band. There are further traces of gilding at the edge of the brooch beyond the framing band. At the back at the top of the oval is a curved catchplate for the missing pin. From this, extending longitudinally down the mid line of the back of the brooch, is a rectangular ridge which probably joined the hinge point for the pin on the missing part of the brooch. The back is undecorated. Dimensions: 20.01mm x 24.37mm x 9.48mm. Weight 3.49g.
Class: Plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 299
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.01 mm
Width: 24.37 mm
Thickness: 9.48 mm
Weight: 3.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS012365; PAL 1851
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Fontmell Magna
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 364 pl.223 | similar to 173 |
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