|
Date: |
|
Description: | Cast copper-alloy wax spatula handle in the form of a bust of Minerva. The handle is 51mm in length and has a maximum width of 16mm. The figure has waved hair and wears a high Corinthian helmet with a large crest of moulded plumes on a rod-like support. The hair is defined by oblique incised lines and the facial features are abraded. She is depicted draped, wearing the aegis, a protective garment covering her shoulders an upper body, and with an abraded Gorgon's mask on the chest and holds an object of unknown form in her left hand. The figure is set upon a triangular pedastel which is decorated with incised oblique lines on the outer edges on both sides and which has a slot to take the iron blade, only very sligt traces of which survive. Surfaces pitted. This is a well-made example of its type - frequently, figural handles are more 'crude' in their design. Similar examples are known from Woodeaton temple (Pitts 1979, 96 no. 217 Plate 23) and Silchester, Hants (Pitts 1979, 97 no. 219 Plate 28).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
SPATULA
Cast copper-alloy wax spatula handle…
-
SPATULA
Cast copper-alloy wax spatula handle…
-
SPATULA
Cast copper alloy spatula handle…
-
SPATULA
A complete cast copper alloy…
-
Spatula
A complete cast copper alloy…
-
SPATULA
A complete cast copper alloy…
-
RAZOR
Ae razor or spatula handle…
-
SPATULA
An incomplete Roman (AD 100-250)…
-
-
|