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Description: | The fitting is a stylised female bust and torso. The lower portion of the fitting is cylindrical which is rectangular in section. The hair style is divided into three portions, two side portions and the central portion at the apex of the head. This central portion is a rectangular block with three linear, semi-parallel grooves running from the forehead to the back of the head. The left side has oblique linear grooves angled from the forehead down to the back of the neck. The lower grooves change angle slightly. The right side also has obliquely angled grooves. The upper longer grooves are angled in the opposite direction to he left side. The lower grooves on the right match the left. The back of the head is an undecorated sub-oval shape which is slightly larger and protrudes from behind the hair. The eyes are a lozenge shaped cells, the profile of the cell is sub-triangular. The eyebrows are oblique linear grooves. Beneath each eye is a single oblique groove. The nose is a sub-triangular, high-relief platform which starts between the eyebrows. The tip of the nose is slightly flattened and distorted. The mouth is a circular, conical shaped cell. The torso is sub-rectangular in section. Oblique grooves across the shoulders and head down to the front of the torso, which suggests drapery. The grooves are angled '\' '/' shape at the front. The drapery stops at a narrowed rectangular horizontal band. The reverse of the fitting is undecorated. There is a corroded iron protrusion at the upper torso. The protrusion is now an irregular high relief oval shape. The lower edge of the fitting is incomplete, only one corner has the original edge remaining. The break of the edge does not appear to be recent. The interior of the torso has traces of lead/lead alloy. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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