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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy Roman wax spatula handle, probably of 2nd to early 3rd century date. The handle depicts the bust of the goddess Minerva, wearing a high crested Corinthian helmet. The back of the helmet has two sets of three circular perorations, in triangular formation, one on either side of the base of the crest. At the front of the helmet, on either side of the frontal ridge is an incised lentoid shape with a central perforation. These look like eyes, but may be purely decorational. The goddesses?? short, wavy hair can be seen around the base of the helmet. The facial features are well defined with perforated eyes, moulded nose and closed lips. Her neck is long and slender and her shoulders are rounded. She is depicted draped, wearing the aegis, a protective garment covering her shoulders an upper body, and with a central Gorgon's mask on the chest. Around the edge of the mask is a central trapezoidal shaped panel with punched crescent shapes and a scroll-like terminal on each side. There are no arms to bust. The back of the bust has an incised border around the edge and an incised lozenge near her neck. The bust tapers at the bottom then expand to a trapezoidal shaped end with a split attachment end, to accommodate the missing iron blade. Traces of the blade can still be seen the within the slot and the two iron rivets still survive, which would have held the blade in place. The length of the handle is 74.7mm, the width is 19.5mm, the thickness is 16.7mm and the weight is 49.17g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Staves, Lisa - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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