Record ID: NMGW-88E17E
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st - 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin but with a badly distorted bow (With a distorted length of 34.8mm, a straightened length of approximately 69mm, a distorted depth of 18.7mm and a weight of g). The top of the pin survives and is hinged within oval-sectioned tubular wings (6.8mm x 5.2mm and with a width of 31.4mm) with a copper alloy axis bar. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical, knurled ribbing in sunken relief, with two ribs on each side of the head. The decoration is bound…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-38CEC7
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is near-complete but distorted, missing the catch-plate (with a length of 46.7mm, a distorted length of 64.8mm, depth of 13.7mm, and a weight of 8.4g). The spring is complete but one half is distorted above the head. The spring coils three-times each side of the centre (with a width of 5.7mm and a diameter of 6.5mm) and the chord is tensioned by a rearward facing hook at the head. The spring is positioned behind short rectangular wings (with a width of 13.0mm). The bow is of rounded,…
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Friday 31st October 2014
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