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Description: | Incomplete and fragmentary mirror disc of Roman date, probably a fine type hand mirror. The nineteen fragments represent around 90% of the mirror disc, with much of the circumference present. The mirror is made of a highly polished speculum (a copper alloy containing a high concentration of tin). Speculum tends to be brittle, and this is evidenced by the fragmentary and shattered state of this example. The mirror's reflecting surface has survived in remarkable condition (for British soils), and retains a polished appearance. The mirror's reflecting surface is slightly convex and is decorated along its outside edge with short transverse incised lines, defining the mirror as a Lloyd-Morgan (1981) Group Gb. The edges have a slight rounded bevel. The rear of the mirror has four lightly turned concentric circles (between 2 and 17 mm from the centre point). The edge at one point is flattened and thicker than the remainder of the edge, and may represent the position of the handle, although no solder remnants are visible on the reverse.
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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