Jump to content

File:Romano-British copper alloy Dragonesque brooch (FindID 269902).jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (657 × 777 pixels, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Romano-British copper alloy Dragonesque brooch
Photographer
None, Adam Daubney, 2009-09-23 12:19:27
Title
Romano-British copper alloy Dragonesque brooch
Description
English: An enamelled copper alloy Dragonesque brooch dating to the early Roman period. The brooch is 'S' shaped in plan, with one terminal facing right, and the other twisted at a right angle so that the head forms a flat 'foot'.

Both heads are decorated in the same manner. The snout is upturned and decorated with a small circular cell filled with orange enamel. The eye is circular and formed by a small circular cell filled with green enamel, with a band of orange enamel surrounding it.

The body flares into a wide pointed oval shape and is decorated with further enamelled cells. In the centre is a large circle with perhaps a cell in the centre, but certainly an enamelled band around it. The band appears to alternate with one ghalf in orange enamel and the other in green. This area is worn. The body is decorated with four sub-triangular cells, two of which are filled with orange enamel and two of green.

A twisted copper alloy pin is attached to the neck of the the angled head. The pin would have been secured by twisting it onto the opposite neck.

The brooch is in excellent condition.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Lincolnshire
Date between 43 and 150
Accession number
FindID: 269902
Old ref: LIN-A047A6
Filename: LIN8548.jpg
Credit line
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/222488
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/222488
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/269902
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Attribution-ShareAlike License

Licensing

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current09:36, 30 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:36, 30 January 2017657 × 777 (78 KB)Portable Antiquities Scheme, LIN, FindID: 269902, roman, page 1604, batch count 8928

The following page uses this file:

Metadata