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Description: | Copper alloy Roman handle or terminal in the form of a female bust. This terminal is 50.14mm long, of which 27.1mm is the actual bust. It is 11.1mm wide at the widest point, 6.1mm thick and weighs 21.57g. The rendering of the bust is fairly crude. The head is roughly globular. It is just about possible to discern two incised dots that represent the eyes, and a slightly raised area that forms the nose, though this is almost worn smooth. There is a circular depression to either side of the head which probably represent ears. The hairstyle of the female is the same as that commonly seen on the portraits of Sabina, wife to the Emperor Hadrian, in that it is swept around the back of the head and held in place with a triangular shaped diadem. There are vertical grooves to the back of the head and an incised line around the top of the face that presumably represent partings in the hair. From the head the neck tapers down to an integral moulding that is rectangular in plan and section. This moulding is slightly wasted in the middle, with an incised, horizontal line to the top and bottom. This may be an abstract representation of the draped shoulders, or merely a decorative moulding separate to the head. Beneath the moulding is a rectangular shaft that is suboval in section. The shaft is broken and appears to show the very tip of a socket where a knife or similarly tanged object was fitted. The break is worn smooth, suggesting that it occurred in antiquity. The surface of the terminal is worn smooth, but is still slightly pitted. The object has an even dark green patina. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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