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Roman zoomorphic brooch
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Leicestershire County Council, Leicvol, 2012-03-22 14:54:07
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Roman zoomorphic brooch
Description
English: Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch fragment, 14.53 mm long, 8.04 mm wide, and 5.33 mm thick. The object is in a fair condition and weighs 0.67 grms. The object represents the back-end of a dog. It consists of a back leg extended as though running to the right and above this a curved, upwards pointing, short tail. part of the body is present and it is filled with one large enamel cell with a rounded comma like terminal to fill he dogs thicgh.

On the flat reverse side, the semi circular lug is present behind the thigh and retains part of a coiled iron pin.

The fragment is very similar to eg.610, fig.221 page 362 in Hattatt, R. ' A visual catalogue..'
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 100 and 200
Accession number
FindID: 495255
Old ref: LEIC-B3B8A0
Filename: bos1937 B3B8A0.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/375123
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/375123
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/495255
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