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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-0F0D3C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and distorted Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch, with the spring, pin, most of the front-facing hook and much of the catchplate missing. The wings are plain. The flat-sectioned bow is decorated with a median groove containing a wavy line in counter-relief. Rocker-arm engraving runs the length of one face of the stump of the catchplate. Mackreth 2011, C 4.b. The bow's decoration is "late" feature, i.e. the object was probably produced after the Claudian invasion. Wingspan 20mm. Length approximately 55mm. The bow narrows from 9.5mm at the top to a pointed terminal. c.43 - 75.
Field SC
Class: Mackreth 2011, C 4.b
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 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55 mm
Width: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2016 - Thursday 31st March 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59794
Other reference: SET032016
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Great Ellingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0298
Four figure Latitude: 52.54236887
Four figure longitude: 0.97739826
1:25K map: TM0298
1:10K map: TM09NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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