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Roman zoomorphic brooch.
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Suffolk County Council, Riccardo Caravello, 2019-11-13 16:33:38
Title
Roman zoomorphic brooch.
Description
English: An incomplete copper-alloy Roman zoomorphic brooch moulded in the form of a fly, dating to AD 100-200. It has a sub-triangular shape in plan with the shorter side being the rear edge of the wings of the insect. The back of the aforementioned edge has a longitudinal shallow recess to house the now lost spring mechanism. The front body of the fly is pointed oval in plan raising from the plan of the wings ending in a pointed head; it is very worn but details of the raised eyes and collared neck are still identifiable. The collared neck is decorated with a series of short transverse ridges. The back face of the body is hollow and the end of the head has a broken catch plate.

Cf Mackreth (2011, Vol. 2, p. 130, plate 127, no. 14449), although the closest example is hinged. For a similar brooch see NMS-0066D6 on this database.

Length:27.50 mm

Width of the wings: 12.99 mm

Thickness of the body: 6.23 mm

Weight: 4.15 g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 100 and 200
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FindIdentifier: 978522
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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/1080939
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1080939/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/978522
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