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LEIC-05FA99: Roman copper alloy bow brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-05FA99

Object type certainty: Certain
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Roman copper alloy bow brooch. 34mm in length, 17mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 4.35grams.

The brooch has a narrow rectangular shaped wings sitting over a large spring, now corroded, which is attached by a loop to the wings. It has a sub circular cross sectioned bow which tapers to a point. It is plain and is missing the pin and catch plate. The brooch could be a late Iron Age type or a plain early Roman type.

Class: Bow

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.35 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Kings Ripton

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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