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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-E07722
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy plate brooch in the form of a hare, with most of the hinged pin missing. Mackreth 2011, OBJECT 3c. There is a double pin lug and iron spindle. The body is decorated with three enamel inlaid cells, blue, uncertain colour, blue. The eye is represented by a reserved dot within a circular cell of blue. The ear is grooved. The arrangement of the enamelling is similar to ibid., pl. 125, no. 8086, the pin of which is sprung. Length 29mm. Width 11.4mm. 2nd century.
Field BC
Class:
zoomorphic (rabbit/hare)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, OBJECT 3c
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: 29 mm
Width: 11.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015 - Saturday 31st October 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 37262
Other reference: SET102015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wymondham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1095
Four figure Latitude: 52.51241496
Four figure longitude: 1.09329406
1:25K map: TM1095
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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