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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-7771E3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of the T-shaped type, probably a sawfish variety, dating from the first or second century, AD 43 - 200. The bow is decorated with a moulded design consisting of two rows of deep triangular cells containing traces of red enamel, flanking a row of eight lozenge shaped areas in reserved metal, reducing in size towards a rounded foot set at an angle to the end of the bow, projecting forwards. The panel is flanked at each side by a narrow, longitudinal groove. On the shoulder of the bow is a longitudinal ridge or crest. It is damaged, but appears to have had a small circular hole through it. The wings are tubular and each is decorated with a single, transverse groove at the outer ends. The wings have a seam along the reverse, and contain the remains of a copper alloy pin bar. They are divided by a transverse groove to take a hinged pin, which is now missing. The brooch has a smooth, dark brown patina. The length is 38.2mm, the width of the wings is 22.9mm and the overall thickness is 12.2mm. The thickness of the wings 4.9mm, and the thickness of the bow is 2.4mm. It weighs 8.42g. .
A similar brooch is illusrated in Hattat, 2000, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattats Ancient Brooches figure 163, number 411. Compare also LEIC-1E7ED6.
Class:
T-shaped sawfish T144
Sub class: Hull T144; Hattatt 2000, p. 304, fig. 163..
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.2 mm
Width: 22.9 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 8.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st February 2016 - Sunday 21st February 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS FORM 3367
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Harpswell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9289
Four figure Latitude: 53.38983429
Four figure longitude: -0.61809849
1:25K map: SK9289
1:10K map: SK98NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 163 | 411 |
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