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Description: | Copper alloy human head. This is an incomplete object and it is not possible to be certain what it was part of. It may have been a figurine or a a decorative element from a more functional object (e.g. a dagger handle, lynch pin terminal etc.). The head is three dimensional and decorated in the round. The top of the head is flattened into a sub-circular plane. The face is oval with a shallow, sloped forehead. Below this are the deeply recessed, pointed oval eyes. The nose is cast in relief and is triangular in shape (point upwards)and slopes at the same angle as the forehead. Below the nose is a short, straight horizontal incised groove for the mouth. The face tapers to a rounded chin which is slightly flattened at the front.There is a groove running under the chin and along the sides to delineate the face and neck. At each side of the head, at the same heiht as the nose, is a relief castC-shaped ridge for each ear. Inside each is a concentric C-shaped recess. Behind the right ear is a short, vertical groove The back of the head is rounded and undecorated. There is a horizontal line at the base to delineate the head and neck. The head is broken off at the neck where threr is a hole through into the head which contains iron corrosion. The head is heavy for its size, suggesting that the copper alloy may have a high lead content or that there may be lead in the hollow of the head. Note: J D Hill and Ralph Jackson of the British Museum have identified this object as Roman. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hayward Trevarthen, Ciorstaidh - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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