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BROOCH
Unique ID: BERK-EF62C2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy umbonate disc brooch of Roman date, c.AD 100 - 250. The brooch is circular with a worn brake to one edge and two projections extending at opposite points. One projection houses a double lugged hinge for the pin to the reverse, the other, the catchplate. A short length of circular sectioned pin survives, the rest having been lost to a worn break.
The main body of the brooch is domed and is decorated with two concentric rings of triangular cells pointing towards a central ring and dot motif. Traces of red and blue glass enamel survives within some of the cells. The reverse is concave and undecorated.
A similar example is illustrated in Hattatt, p.350, fig.209, no.128.
Ref: Hattatt, R. (2000) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Class: Umbonate
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 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.6 mm
Height: 6.6 mm
Width: 29.7 mm
Weight: 4.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Fyfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1471
Four figure Latitude: 51.43782623
Four figure longitude: -1.79997749
1:25K map: SU1471
1:10K map: SU17SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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 | No.128 |
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