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Description: | Incomplete, cast copper alloy Roman bell. This bell is dome shaped with an integral lozenge shaped handle that has a circular perforation. The sides of the bell are perforated with six pairs of crude perforations, alternating between two triangles, one on top of the other, and a triangle above a rectangular slot. The clapper is missing, though there is a scar on the inside of the top of the bell where it once was. This is surrounded by iron corrosion, suggesting it was of this metal. The patina of the bell is dark brown over all, with some flashes of dark green on the inside. It is slightly abraded at the handle, but is otherwise smooth. The bell is 29.98mm high, of which 10.3mm is the handle. The mouth of the bell has an external diameter of 25.48mm. The walls of the bell are 2.58mm and it weighs 10.44g. Bells are fairly common on military sites of the first century and may have been used on horse harness fittings for decoration. Though a perforated example could not be found, similar bells can be see in McCarthy, 1990, Figure 110.
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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