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BROOCH
Unique ID: SOM-4652FA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman incomplete cast copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch dating to the late first to early second century AD, AD 75-150. The head has two cylindrical wings to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin; traces of a white cncretion remain in one broken end. The wings are slightly widened on the front, giving them a triangular cross section, each has a pair of raised transverse ribs on the front. There is an incomplete integral loop in the form of a rectangular tab with a the lower part of circular hole through it.
The bow has a sub-rectangular cross section and is flat at the back. It projects at 90 degrees from the head. There is a partial vertical ridge running along the bow which starts by the head and ends just above the break. The remnants of the bow and catchplate are missing. It is now 22.4mm long, 34.1mm wide including the wing and 19.1mm thick; it weighs 10.04 grams.
T-shaped brooches are very variable in the decoration on their bows. Bayley and Butler (2004:167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c75-150).
Class: Developed T-shape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.36 mm
Width: 34.11 mm
Thickness: 19.1 mm
Weight: 10.04 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019301
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: Trudoxhill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. | 2004 | Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection | London | The Society of Antiquaries |
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