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Description: | A copper alloy circular stud moulded on the upper side in the form of a human face. The underside has a flanged rim and a central shaft, now incomplete. The face has a semi-circular band of waved hair, almond eyes set in circular depressions, a prominent triangular nose and a linear mouth. The chin is moulded in relief.
The closest parallels found for this object are a group of studs decorated with lion heads associated with cremation caskets from the first to second century AD (Partridge 1981 315-6 and fig. 119). This stud could represent a lion also, however it seems more human in its characteristics. Other decorated studs are known in the Roman period and the method of construction is consistent with this date. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ghey, Eleanor - British Museum | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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