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Roman : Zoomorphic Brooch
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York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2015-11-24 13:21:44
Title
Roman : Zoomorphic Brooch
Description
English: An incomplete and probably burnt cooper alloy zoomorphic brooch of Roman date. The brooch is in the form of a hare or rabbit running right. The hind quarters have been lost to a break which shows signs of melting and only one foreleg remains. The head of the animal is ovate with an elongated ear projecting from the upper edge. The head is connected to the ovate body by a narrowed neck and one long foreleg projects, extending forwards, from the lower front edge.

The reverse is irregular with numerous melted protrusions which may represent the remains of a hinge, catchplate and pin.

While the hare is indigenous to Britain the rabbit was "spread across Europe from Spain, with help from the Romans, and its earliest known introduction into England was by the Normans in the twelfth century AD" (Hattatt, 1982, p.162). It is therefore likely that the current example represents a hare rather than a rabbit.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 100 and 200
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FindID: 750580
Old ref: YORYM-1D793D
Filename: DCC0006.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/542244
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/542244/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/750580
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Object location54° 12′ 01.8″ N, 0° 19′ 21.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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