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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-CAB62A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch dating from AD 100-200. The brooch is in the form of a hen or cockerel. It is three dimensional and has a comb with three defined points, but its beak has broken off and there is no evidence for eye sockets. There is a small (old) break on the right hand side of its body. There are four longitudinal crescentic recessed cells on the back depicting feathers and would have once contained enamel. There are two (broken) small lugs to hold the now missing pin under the tail. Traces of the catch plate remain. It has a mid green patina.
Length: 26.8mm; width: 11.6mm; thickness: 3.8mm; weight: 4.74g.
Ref: Hattatt (2007), p. 360, no. 1164; Bayley and Butcher (2004: 174-175) Hull T214
cf. on the PAS database, SUR-F4F606, SF-B41A33.
Class:
Zoomorphic
Sub class: Bird, Hull T214
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: 26.8 mm
Width: 11.6 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 4.74 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5376
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Aldbourne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2475
Four figure Latitude: 51.47345833
Four figure longitude: -1.6558436
1:25K map: SU2475
1:10K map: SU27NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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