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BROOCH
Unique ID: CAM-64D90E
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Roman bow brooch, probably a Colchester type two-piece of 1st century AD date. Weight is 8.68g, incomplete length is 22.6mm. The wings measure 32.4mm x 7.8mm and are a flattened C shaped profile. The widest part of the bow measures 13.9mm and tapers to the irregular and worn break at a width of 8.0mm. The bow has a sub-triangular cross-section with lateral flute to either side of a lateral rib the is very pronounced at the head of the brooch, extending out from the rest of the upper surface to a height of 3.8mm.
Hattatt, R., 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches Oxford : Oxbow Books, pp.297, fig.156, no.875.
Class:
Bow
Sub class: Colchester type two-piece
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 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.6 mm
Width: 32.4 mm
Weight: 8.68 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Fenland (District)
To be known as: Fenland District Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | pp.297, fig.156, no.875. |
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