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Description: | A cast copper-alloy panther or cheetah mount of Roman date.
The mount takes the form of a panther or cheetah running. The execution of the feline is sinuous, with a raised head on a long neck, leading down to its forward shoulders and tapering back to its hind quarters. The head is wedge-shaped, with an open mouth and eye divet, and backward pointing triangular ears. The front legs are stretched forward in parallel, though one leg is bent inward, and the back legs stretch back in parallel. The tail rests between the back legs.
The feline was mounted from the underside of its belly and hind legs, almost certainly by soldering.
The underside of the object is flat, with a broken shank at each end of the mount.
This object was found by divers in the River Tyne downstream from the Roman bridge at Corbridge. | Subjects: | Panther | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Collins, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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