File:Roman zoomorphic plate brooch (a bird) (FindID 730487).jpg

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Roman zoomorphic plate brooch (a bird)
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Somerset County Council, Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen, 2015-07-09 15:04:16
Title
Roman zoomorphic plate brooch (a bird)
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy zoomorphic (eagle) plate brooch. The head is turned to the right with a small beak and small circular depression for the eye. The neck is curved. At either side is a curving comma-shaped wing. The wings are framed by reserves of metal around the edges providing recesses for enamel (missing). The body, flanked by the wings, is similarly recessed and expands into a fanned tail. At the base of the tail is a broken, slightly off-centre, loop. At the back behind the head is the stub of the catch plate. Behind the tail is one complete and one broken pierced lug for the attachment of an axis bar for a hinged pin mechanism.No traces of the enamel remain.

Date: Roman - 2nd century
Dimensions: 32.75 mm x 20.69 mm x 2.25 mm

Weight: 4.77 g

Several almost identical brooches are recorded on the database : LIN-C696A3, SF-4B3854, YORM-BFAC81
A number of different types of bird brooches were recorded by Hattatt, although none are the same as this and the other examples cited above. The dating is based on that given for those published in A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, 2000, page 361, Fig. 220, numbers 1115 & 617 in particular.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 100 and 200
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FindID: 730487
Old ref: DOR-6525F5
Filename: ver6525F5.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/524338
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/524338/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/730487
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 30 November 2020)
Object location50° 39′ 42.48″ N, 2° 28′ 41.16″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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