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Description: | A copper alloy furniture mount, dating to the Roman period. The mount consists of a circular sheet of copper alloy which is hemispherical in section and hollow. It has broken into three fragments but has been reconstructed. The mount has a marginal, circumferential border. Within this border is a moulded female portrait. The female is depicted wearing a elaborate head dress or hair style, with a possible laurel wreath visible, represented by incised chevrons. The eyes are picked out as incised dots and the mouth as an incised line. The female may be identified as Medusa (without snakes). On the underside of the object, there is some iron corrosion. The object has a diameter of 42mm and a thickness of 10mm. The mount may be part of a larger furniture mount depicting Minerva - this fragment being her breastplate. A mount containing a similar female portrait was found at ?? and is illustrated here. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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