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Description: | A copper alloy Roman terminal probably for use with furniture or similar objects. It is circular in section and dome shaped, with a projecting globular knop at the top. Around the base of the object is a moulded collar that comprises two shallow parallel grooves followed by a more prominent deeper groove, above which the object tapers towards the globular knop. The base of the terminal is flat and has the remains of a central, circular iron shaft for attachment that terminates in old breaks. It measures 27.89mm in height including the shaft, 17.36mm in diameter at the base, 9.70mm in diameter at the knop, and weighs 23g.
Similar terminals are recorded on the PAS database (see in particular examples from Essex: ESS-DA2F25, ESS-A628E1 or ESS-A5EE94) as well as from South Shields (Miket and Allason-Jones, 1986: nos. 733-736). They are of Roman date and probably served as decorative terminals on furniture, as handles or even on other objects such as carts and the like. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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