File:2586 Roman zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a bird (FindID 252963).jpg

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2586 Roman zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a bird.jpg
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2009-04-16 11:31:16
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2586 Roman zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a bird.jpg
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English: Cast copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a bird length 26mm, width 23mm thickness 10mm, weight 3.25g. Triangular plate which consists of a central large triangular cell divided into four smaller triangles, this has two large rectangular cells running either side, all would have contained enamel. The base of the triangle has a small semicircular projection (10mm wide that has a bird head on the top and the catch plate underneath. The tip of the triangle would have expanded into a birds tail but this has been truncated resulting in the loss of the pin mount. This artefact dates to the 2nd century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 100 and 200
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FindID: 252963
Old ref: GLO-745313
Filename: 2586 Roman zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a bird.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/207599
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/207599/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/252963
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Object location51° 53′ 46.32″ N, 2° 23′ 30.77″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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