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BROOCH
Unique ID: DOR-345572
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Romano-British brooch of zoomorphic type. The brooch is in the form of a bird, possibly a pigeon or a dove, which is depicted in the round, with the body and head projecting from a flat base The bird's head is missing, making identification of the species uncertain. On the upper face of the oval body the folded wings are indicated. Along the centre line of the body is a tapering triangular recess containing traces of enamel of uncertain colour and possibly applied in transverse bands. At the end of the body is a flared tail with three triangular recesses which probably also contained enamel, now missing. On the underside of the body are two rounded, pierced lugs at the junction of the tail and body which housed the axis bar for the missing hinged pin. Opposite, behind the neck, is the remnant of the projecting catchplate.
Date: Roman c. 150 - 200
Dimensions: 30.98 mm x 13.66mm x 2.69 mm
Weight: 3.28 g
Class: Zoomorphic (bird)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.98 mm
Width: 13.66 mm
Thickness: 2.69 mm
Weight: 3.28 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017294
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tarrant Rushton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9404
Four figure Latitude: 50.8354984
Four figure longitude: -2.0865721
1:25K map: ST9404
1:10K map: ST90SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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