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PLATE BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-A5396C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
~~A copper alloy and enamel zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a bird. This has an ovate plate with an arched top and flat underside that forms the body of the bird. There is a central ridge with narrowed mid section that runs down the centre of the pate and forms the spine of the bird. The wings are represented by two oval panels that are positioned either side of the spine. These panels are decorated with four recessed and angled cells that would have been filled with enamel. Projecting from the rear of the plate is a small flat rectangular tab the forms the tail of the bird. At the front of the brooch, projecting perpendicular to the body is the slender neck that curves slightly forward and terminates in a triangular head has a small knop on each corner and points upwards.
On the underside are two truncated loop to the front, the catchplate at the rear is missing.
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 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 3.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2017 - Thursday 31st August 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
Parish or ward: Leigh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8726
Four figure Latitude: 51.93235669
Four figure longitude: -2.19048245
1:25K map: SO8726
1:10K map: SO82NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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