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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-3BAC53
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch, flying (or swimming?) bird form. Missing spring, pin; some wear and corrosion around the edges. The pin was sprung on a single lug and may have been iron as there is rusty metal in the hole. The main part is a flat plate, with a thickened area at the catchplate end which forms the neck and head of the brooch projecting beyond the plate. The central part is circular with small extensions at the sides for wings and the triangular neck area thicker and marked with grooves; within the flat area there are three bronze circles each containing a dot of enamel (colour uncertain) and the rest contains a dark enamel. The tail projection over the pin lug is defined by a transverse groove and rib and the edges are notched. The triangular bird head is abraded but seems to have had a triangular enamelled cell on each side. No parallels identified, probably a British product judging by the spring lug system. Length 33mm, max width 22mm, plate 2mm thick. Previously listed and drawn April 1989.
Class:
zoomorphic
Sub class: bird
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 80
Date to: AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 6.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
Parish or ward: Hitcham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9953
Four figure Latitude: 52.139441
Four figure longitude: 0.906587
1:25K map: TL9953
1:10K map: TL95SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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