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Description: | A symmetrical cast copper-alloy strap mount of Roman date. The mount is formed of two facing moulded creatures either side of a central element. This latter has rounded terminals, and three incurving removals on each side creating a pair of slight protrusions. The creatures join with the central element at their snouts (uppermost), their fore limbs or flippers (uppermost protrusions) and tails or hind limbs (lowermost). This tail element is slightly recessed as it emerges from the body. It curves round below the creature to join the back at the end of a slightly serrated shallow moulding, perhaps representing fins. With the fore limbs they create an 'S' shape. The neck is lower than the body and is divided from the head by a very shallow ridge. The form of the lower half of the animals, although rendered in the interests of symmetry, suggests a stylised sea creature, perhaps a dolphin. The bodies of both creatures are recessed on the reverse surface; the reverse of the uppermost terminal is also recessed. On the reverse there are also three large, protruding rivets with hammered down ends (L.: 5.2mm, Dia.: 3.05mm). These are respectively on the reverse of the creatures' necks and on the back of the lowermost terminal. The form of the rivets and the symmetricality of the mount suggests a Roman date. A parellel can be found illustrated in Down (1979, 152; ref. 21). The parellel features grooves on the upper and lower protrusions such that they can be said to represent sea shells. | Subjects: | zoomorphic | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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