File:Roman plate brooch swastika - fylfot (FindID 875847).jpg

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Roman plate brooch swastika / fylfot
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York Museums Trust, Gail Hitchens, 2017-11-21 12:54:08
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Roman plate brooch swastika / fylfot
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy openwork swastika plate brooch dating to the Roman period (AD 100 - AD 300).

The brooch is swastika shaped, pointing clockwise with rounded edges. The upper face is decorated in the centre with a large ring and dot design, which is filled with red enamel. The reverse is undecorated and has a single pin lug attached to one of the arms. At the opposite end, there is the remains of a catchplate. The pin is missing.

The metal is worn and dark green in colour. The brooch is 26.9 mm long, 27.3 mm wide and 7.2 mm thick (with the lug included, and 2.2 mm without). It weighs 7.5 g.

Various swastika shaped brooches have been recorded on the PAS database, some decorated with multiple ring and dot motifs (<a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/204777" title="View details for SF-CFDB27">SF-CFDB27</a>; <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/253613" title="View details for SUR-EEBBB0">SUR-EEBBB0</a>; <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/192798" title="View details for SUSS-5BE681">SUSS-5BE681</a>), others with no decoration (<a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/198131" title="View details for LVPL-F52FB5">LVPL-F52FB5</a>; <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/447455" title="View details for BUC-3E1EF1">BUC-3E1EF1</a>; <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/840759" title="View details for BERK-36CC39">BERK-36CC39</a>) and one example with a punched dots design (<a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/587670" title="View details for LEIC-E26AB2">LEIC-E26AB2</a>). Hattatt (p. 357, fig. 216, no. 1145) also depicts an undecorated example and dates it to the 2nd-3rd century AD.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 100 and 300
Accession number
FindID: 875847
Old ref: YORYM-41EEF8
Filename: RRi0001.jpg
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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/637908
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/637908/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/875847
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Object location54° 13′ 38.64″ N, 0° 40′ 38.93″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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