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Description

Class
- Costume Element
Material
- Bronze

DefinitionBuckle, Round or Brooch
MaterialBronze
DimensionsD. 20mm. Pin: l. ca. 21 mm.; diam. 2 mm, 1 mm at the tip.
DescriptionA tiny annular brooch with intact sharp pin that still moves freely. The pin attachment was made by bending it in an open hook around the cast frame, within a recess of its exact width, which keeps the outer surface of the hook flush with the outer diameter of the frame.
State of ConservationExcellent. Surface clean save for patina and only slightly corroded.
ComparandaStaffa 1997, 190-1 fig. 5; Allason-Jones 1997, 242 no. 11.

Date Range

500 AD - 800 AD

Record Details

Area
- Area B/C (Monastery)

Context VM_2092
- Definitiontaglio di tamponatura 2091

Similar Catalogue Entries
- VM_O800

Author of Record
- Archidio Mariani

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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