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BROOCH

Unique ID: HAMP-8288A1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy Roman T-Shape enamelled type brooch. At the head of the brooch the wings are tubular and short. There is a small semi-circular projection from the top of the wings in the centre, perhaps purely decorative or the remains of a chain loop. On the reverse the wings are sparated to accommodate the copper alloy hinged pin, the upper portion of which survives attached to the surviving copper alloy axis bar which passes through the wings. Beneath the wings the upper portion of the bow survives. There is a raised central panel, the surviving portion of which is generally rectangular. At the top of the panel there is a recessed triangular recess with an inverted triangular recess beneath it, the lower edge of which is missing where the bow has been broken off. These recesses most likely originally held enamel. Patchy mid-green patina.

Class: T-Shape
Sub class: Enamelled Type

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Winchester Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.7 mm
Width: 16.9 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 2.54 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 1995

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: WINCM:AY215.8

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Owslebury CP

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Winchester Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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	303	fig. 162, no. 389

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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