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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-D9B470
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative bow brooch. Only the base of the bow, foot, and catchplate survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The bow is triangular in section, tapering to a pointed foot, and decorated on its front face by a prominent moulded mid rib flanked by vertical flutes. On the back face of the foot is an integrally cast catchplate that is flat, triangular in form, and with a folded outer edge that has a rectangular pin groove on its inner surface. The entire object measures 24.04mm in length, 4.56mm in width, 2.48mm in thickness (at bow, 9.23mm including catchplate), and 1.90g in weight.
This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative bow brooch. It is of late-1st to 2nd century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
Class: Colchester derivative
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.04 mm
Width: 4.56 mm
Thickness: 2.48 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Hockwold
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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