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Roman zoomorphic plate brooch
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2010-07-20 14:58:47
Title
Roman zoomorphic plate brooch
Description
English: An incomplete Roman copper alloy, white-metal coated zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of an eagle displayed, broken at its ankles. It measures 19.34x17.99mm and weighs 2.3g.

The brooch is flat to the reverse and slightly rounded, but with slanted edges, to the front. The front also has a thick coating of either tinning or silvering, through which decoration has been grooved.

The eagle has a long narrow neck (2.50mm wide), extending into an oval head with upturned-beak to one side and a punched circle for an eye at the centre. A groove extends from the beak, down one side of the neck, to the top of the body.

The body is 7.12mm wide and decorated with U-shaped grooves, imitative of feathers. The body extends into two thin ankles at the bottom c.1mm thick. To either side is a sub-triangular wing decorated with longitudinal grooves.

To the reverse, and arranged horizontaly, is double lug with (corroded) iron axis bar, pin and catchplate.

Sally Worrell, National Finds Adviser, comments: This type is not at all common in Britain. Examples are known from the East, particularly Pannonia but there are examples from France and elsewhere in the north-west provinces. As far as dating goes, they're a 1st cenury type unlike the enamelled bird brooches.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1 and 100
Accession number
FindID: 399147
Old ref: WILT-F1E661
Filename: Belk0710eagle.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/290123
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/290123/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/399147
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