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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman mount. The mount is circular in plan and trapezoidal in section. It is formed from a central round boss with flat top and angled sides set at approximately 40 degrees. The boss is 24.52mm in diameter at its top, 29.26mm in diameter at its base and is 9.68mm high. Surrounding the boss is an incomplete flat flange, of which less than one quarter survives. It is 6.6mm wide where it is complete. It has a very slight down wards angle. The top of the boss is decorated with recessed enamel. The design consists of a three-armed pattern, with each arm terminating in a broad, kidney shaped end. This design is predominantly blue (now worn and faded) with the very ends of the kidney shapes in white. The fields surrounding the central design are filled with white enamel with a red enamel V shape (point outwards) set between the edges of the kidney shapes. The flange is plain. The reverse of the mount is hollow. It has a central, integral circular sectioned shaft, which ends in a (worn) rove. Surrounding the shank, and effectively filling the hollow reverse, is orangey brown, copper alloy corrosion product. The shape of the corrosion suggests that there may have been a copper alloy ring around the shank, which has left a ??ghost?? impression in the corrosion. The original surface of the object is missing and the exposed copper alloy is now bright green to front, back and shaft. Break edges, though not fresh, are unworn, suggesting damage occurred in the more recent past. The object has a total diameter of 37.5mm and a total height of 11.66mm. It weighs 22.69g. An exact parallel could not be found for the mount, but it is possibly a mount associated with horse fittings. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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