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Description: | A cast copper-alloy cruciform mount of the Roman period.
The object is incomplete, with 2 of its 4 arms missing. What remains of the mount consists of 2 arms and a central hub.
Both arms have flat discoidal terminals bearing traces of rivets on the underside. One arm is longer than the other, which would have created a cruciform appearance in a complete object.
The central hub has little to distinguish it, except iron corrosion on the outer face. This may be remains of solder from decoration fixed to the central mount.
The date of the object as Roman has been ascertained by a similar mount found in an excavated 4th century context at the 'native' site of Catcote, outside of Hartlepool. The Catcote object, however, was complete and has a face adorning the central hub, which was integrally cast in the object. Source: Robin Daniels, pers. comm. | 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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