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Description: | Copper alloy circular two-piece mirror case. The mirror case consists of two slightly convex cast discs, each with a single lug on the edge on one side and a double lug on the opposite side. The single lug on the first disc is not pierced and forms part of the catch or handles with the two unpierced lugs on the lower disc. The two lugs of the first disc are pierced and have a short hinge bar which also passes through the single lobe of the second disc. The outside of the first disc is decorated with punched double rows of opposed isoceles triangles forming a crude rounded cross. The cross is made up of four semi-circular double rows of triangles, one in each quarter; there is also a double row of triangles running across the diameter from one set of lugs to the other. The second disc has traces of similar decoration but this is obscured by a large central dent.The inner surfaces of the discs are recessed, with a bevelled inward-sloping rim at the edge. There are traces of white cement on the inner surfaces. The finder reported a powdery substance inside the case when recovered which may have been decayed glass.
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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