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Description: | A lead mount of possible Roman or post-medieval (Renaissance period) date. The object depicts the head of a classical style god or goddess. The face is that of a youthful male or female looking straight ahead. The features are three dimensional and stand proud of the convex face. The eyes, mouth and nose are clearly depicted and the deity wears an elaborate head-dress, which comes to a point at the centre and appears to have a floral element and a string of beads just above the level of the ears. A scarf-like section of the head-dress extends down each side of the face and under the chin. The reverse of the piece is hollow and has a central integral rivet, the surface of which shows traces of attached iron corrosion product. The object is in a poor condition, being badly bent and corroded. There is a horizontal tear at the top of the face and the upper portion of the head-dress has become detached. It measures 106.2mm high by 80.9mm wide and 6mm thick. It weighs 211.36g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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