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Roman Zoomorphic Brooch
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West Berkshire, Charlotte Burrill, 2007-08-28 16:15:51
Title
Roman Zoomorphic Brooch
Description
English: A Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the form of a hen or cockerel (late 2nd century AD). The head and body project from a flat base that conceals the pin and catchplate. There is a break across the neck and the head is now missing. The body is hollow and the wings are decorated with semi-circular cells then a curve of triangular cells. The cells are infilled with red, yellow and blue enamel. It has twin lugs and the pin that hinges is complete. The catchplate is missing Bayley and Butcher (2004:174) note these seem to be a British product; a very similar example is illustrated no. T214. Crummy (2007) notes that the cockerel is often associated with Mercury and cockerel brooches have been discovered associated with places of worship for Mercury. Dimensions: length 30.41mm; width 17.80mm; thickness 17.88mm; weight 9.4g Reference: Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004. Roman Brooches in Britain. The Society of Antiquaries, London. Crummy, N. 2007. Brooches and the Cult of Mercury. In Britannia XXXVIII 2007.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 150 and 200
Accession number
FindID: 191057
Old ref: BERK-2EF8D4
Filename: TICKET 27 - Roman Zoomorphic Brooch.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/148167
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/148167/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/191057
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 15 November 2020)
Object location51° 33′ 34.2″ N, 1° 26′ 43.51″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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