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BROOCH
Unique ID: SOM-32FBCB
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative developed T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-160. Only the head and upper part of the bow of the brooch survives. The wings measure 27.5mm in width and are cylindrical with a sub-rectangular slot cut into the reverse to accomodate a hinged pin. Areas of iron corrosion suggest the hinge bar and possibly the pin were iron.
The bow is D-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. There is an incised line along either side running down the length and just above the breat there is a cnetral recessed pit, a raised knop, now corroded, with an incised line above it, and possibly, at the break a recessed cell filled with red enamel with a raised lozenge within it.
Dimensions: length 19.12mm; width 27.52mm; maximum thickness 7.31mm; weight 4.53g.
The us of moulding and enamel suggests this is a developed T-, possibly similar to those with three lozenge shaped cells on the bow, such as SOM-BA6D27, or those with one large lozenge in an expanded centre of the bow such as SOM-A4B469 but there is too little to be certain. Bayley and Butcher (2004, 167-168) suggest that such brooches form a group with a distinctly South-Western distribution (see also finds list in Wedlake 1982, 127), and can be dated to AD 50 to 160.
Class: Colchester derivative developed T-shaped brooch
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 160
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.12 mm
Width: 27.52 mm
Thickness: 7.31 mm
Weight: 4.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2018 - Thursday 12th July 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 017706
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: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Milborne Port
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 | 94 | ||
| Wedlake, W.J. | 1982 | The Excavation of the Shrine of Apollo at Nettleton, Wiltshire, 1956-1971 | London | Society of Antiquaries |
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