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Suffolk County Council, Phil Hughes, 2020-10-23 15:31:05 |
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Roman Dragonesque brooch |
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| Description |
English: An incomplete Roman copper-alloy dragonesque brooch dating to circa 50-200 AD. It consists of the head and body, with the foot and catchplate now missing. It is S-shaped in plan with a flat back. The head is joined to the body by a strut from the chin, to the side of which is a kidney-shaped aperture where the now missing pin would have sat. The snout consists of a circular perforation set within the bean-shaped face. The eye is now no longer visible but would likely have been marked by enamelled surface design. The ears/head consists of an onion-shaped top knop in relief, which most closely resembles Braby's Diii head type (Hunter 2010: Fig 7).
The S-shaped body contains an enamelled rectangular design in the centre. It consists of three central squares flanked by two elongated panels, curving with the S-shape on one edge to resemble tear drops. The edges of the panels are in relief. The panels contain alternating blue and red enamel, with three blue and two red. The now missing foot would have been the same as the head, rendered symmetrically. This can be gleaned from Mackreth 2011, Vol 2,pg 133, pl. 130, fig 12342, which this brooch matches. The brooch falls into Mackreth 2011 3c1 type, but can also be categorised in Hunter's scheme as A4aii: enamelled dragoneseque brooches exhibiting rows of squares with squares only. Mackreth's 3c1 examples contain one recovered from a late first to second century AD context. Hunter notes that dragonesque brooches were a form originating from workshops in North Yorkshire and yield an Eastern distribution, predominantly dating to the late first and second centuries with a design influenced by pre-Roman traditions. Excavated examples are recovered predominantly from urban and military sites though recent comparison of PAS examples against the local HER/SMR in North Yorkshire has demonstrated associations with nucleated and rural settlements (Hunter 2011: 101) indicating widespread military and civilian utilisation in eastern areas. Length: 31.2mm; Width: 19.7mm; Thickness: 3.3mm; Weight: 3.84g. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Essex | ||
| Date | between 75 and 200 | ||
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FindIdentifier: 1013544 |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1119800 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1119800/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1013544 |
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