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Description: | Copper alloy zoomorphic ?fitting. Solid cast, roughly flat base. Few features except in the head area - a small ?tail stub at the other end. The head rests on two short front legs (unless these are the lower mouth) and has protruding circular eyes and a pair of long tapered horns (or ears) rising from a single projection. There is heavy corrosion in the mouth/legs area and on the horns/ears. It is not clear what animal is represented - ?hare, ?frog, ?ibex horns .... Presumably this is a decorative fitting from ?furniture. Date uncertain - examined by Catherine Johns (P & RB, British Museum) who suggests not very old.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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