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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