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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-E43485

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete Roman copper alloy oval plate brooch, most of copper alloy pin lug and catchplate flap and much of the outside edge missing. Glass or enamel inlay missing from the central oval, fragments of two rectangular white and blue enamelled cells survive in the outer border. Mackreth 2011, British Plate 3.a1. Extant length 25mm. Extant width 16mm. 2.5mm thick. 2nd - 3rd century.

Class: Plate brooch
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, British Plate 3.a1

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 100
Date to: Exactly AD 300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016 - Wednesday 6th July 2016

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 56826
Other reference: ENMD072016

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Great Yarmouth (District)
Parish or ward: Somerton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG4720
Four figure Latitude: 52.72121259
Four figure longitude: 1.6561057
1:25K map: TG4720
1:10K map: TG42SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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