Accession No
2015.63
Description
A small, umbonate type, bronze brooch with convex centre. Decorated with a circle of triangular shaped cells with enamel remaining in 7 of these. The pin is missing and part of the circumference is chipped. It has seven peripheral lugs and one loop.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham
Period
Roman ?2nd century AD
Source
Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2015.63; MAA: MN0022; A0016
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Enamel
Local Term
Measurements
34mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Michael J Cuddeford found this material during the mid 1990s during metal detecting in West Wickham. It has been registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and gifted to MAA. For general information about the site see the Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group vol. 6 part 1, 1995 (see Bib). For other information including original finds list see the object file.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Charge, B. B. et al. (1995). 'Field Survey of Sites at Yen Hall West Wickham, Cambs'. Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group. vol. 6, part 1.
Event Date 1995
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Analysis)
Cf. Hattatt, Richard. 1989. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts. Oxbow Books: Oxford. pp. 125-127.
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Analysis)
Cf. Hattatt, Richard. 2000. A visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books: Oxford. fig. 209-210.
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A small, umbonate type, bronze brooch with convex centre. Decorated with a circle of triangular shaped cells with enamel remaining in 7 of these. The pin is missing and part of the circumference is chipped. It has seven peripheral lugs and one loop.
Event Date 20/7/2015
Author: maa
Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:268388
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