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Description: | The mount depicts a human face with a long beard. The face has a wide nose which is triangular and leading into long, wide eyebrows. The eyes are asymmetrical - one is slightly larger than the other. The cheeks are high-relief, one being more circular in shape than the other. Above the eyebrows there is a horizontal band - a hat or head band - which is decorated with vertical blocks. Either side of the upper portion of the head there is irregular protrusions, which perhaps represents hair. These protrusions are abraded, and may not be the original edge. The beard is define by slightly oblique ridges and platforms, two of which is decorated with a column of '' incisions. The lower edge of the beard appears to be worn and is not horizontal. The front face has traces of gilding. The reverse is undecorated, and there is a slightly vertical ridge which is in the centre. The ridge increases in depth towards the upper edge of the mount. This portion of the ridge has a curved edge, possibly originally being a circular hole which has since been broken. This is not a recent break if so. The mount has a dark green/brown patina.
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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