Accession No

TEMP.03676


Description

Copper alloy brooch of Serpentine type. Curved bow with serpentine form and circular cross-section, disc above junction of bow and pin; catchplate with U-shaped cross-section; globular knob at terminal.


Place

Europe; ?Southern Europe; ?Balkans; ?Slovenia


Period

Early Iron Age


Source

?Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; ?Szombathy, Josef [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.03676; MAA: 1927.1954 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

17mm x 54mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See P.47331.MUS in the Photo Collection, which was found in the paper archive with letter (LL1/4/11).
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (Related Documents)
There is a second card for 1927.1954 A only. Unlike this record it gives 'Grave III' as provenance [which is 1927.1951]
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
DELETE
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Related Documents)
See archive (Doc.540) for notes and drawings of objects from each grave group.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Related Documents)
DELETE
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
DELETE
Event Date 7/1890
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue Card description for 1927.1954 A: 'Bronze fibula with serpentine bow, no spring-coils, but a knob at junction of bow and foot, long catch-plate.'
Event Date 1927
Author: maa


Context (References)
DELETE
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
DELETE
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Amendments / updates)
According to the catalogue card for 1927.1954 A-C, 1927.1954 A was assigned a second accession number: Z 15330. This Z number does not refer to 1927.1954 B-C, and details for those objects should be found in the main 1927.1954 A-C record.
Event Date 19/6/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Amendments / updates)
This brooch was found in D-057 of the teaching collection, South and West Iron Age brooches. In the 2002 audit it was possibly recorded as No Number 'Brooch'. It is unclear how it came to be marked with 1927.1954 A.
Event Date 15/5/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy brooch of Serpentine type. Curved bow with serpentine form and circular cross-section, disc above junction of bow and pin; catchplate with U-shaped cross-section; globular knob at terminal.
Event Date 15/5/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


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