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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy clapper bell of possible Roman date. (AD 43 - AD 410). The bell is dome-shaped and has the intact suspension loop at the apex. The walls are solid and there is no indication that they may have been perforated as is the case with some Roman bells. The outer surface has some circumferential lines. Part of the lower end of the bell is missing due to old breaks. The bell is full of soil, so it is uncertain whether any part of the clapper or its attachments survive. The outer surface has a dull mid-green patina.
Roman bells are fairly common on military sites of the first century and may have been used as horse harness fittings for decoration. They were probably also used on the collars of goats and sheep and perhaps as personal ornaments. A similar Roman bell with a suspension loop and two circumferential incised lines can be seen in Crummy, 1983, 'Roman small finds from Colchester', 127, fig. 143, ref. 4168.
Measures 38.5mm high, 24.5mm wide and 27.6mm thick. The object weighs 18.4g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Laakso, Laura | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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