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Description: | A cast copper-alloy unidentified object most likely to be Roman in date. This object is roughly triangular in shape measuring 40mm in length, 16mm in width at its wider end and 5mm in width at its tapering terminal. One longitudinal edge has a side c4mm in width, projecting back at right angles from the edge of the front face, the other longitudinal edge has a smaller side, c2mm in width and it is now impossible to tell whether this would have been wider originally or if it is incomplete due to wear or not. The front face is decorated in relief with two curvilinear joined scroll like motifs, one above the other. At the wider end, there are two parallel pointed oval shaped possible flower buds, which have small connecting stalks which join the edge of one of the scroll-like motifs. There are traces of pale blue enamel, especially at the wider end of the object, which filled the field behind the decorative motifs. There are traces of corroded iron around the narrower terminal end on both its front and back face, the longitudinal edges of this terminal are folded overon the back face to form sides, there is a larger mass of iron corrosion in this area. This implies that this object was originally attached to a possibly larger iron object of some kind. The function of this object is unknown, the front face is decorative and obviously meant to be seen where as the back face was presumably hidden from view.
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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