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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-E2064E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of probable 1st century date.
Only the head and top of the bow remain, the rest of the brooch having been lost in antiquity. The bow consists of a parallel-sided, flat-sectioned strip, decorated at its upper end by the incuse letters 'DO', presumably the start of an inscription At this top end, the bow flares into the head, which has an axis bar within a cylinder. The loop of the otherwise missing pin is attached to the bar via a central slit in the cylinder.
The brooch has a length of 18.35 mm, with a width of 14.66 mm at the head and 6.70 mm at the top of the bow. The thickness is 0.85 mm and the weight is 0.784 grams.
Class: Bow
Subsequent actions
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: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.35 mm
Width: 14.66 mm
Thickness: 0.85 mm
Weight: 0.784 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 31st October 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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