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Description: | Incomplete, cast copper alloy Roman mount. The main body of the mount is rectangular with a flat and slightly concave reverse. To either end it is stepped and wasted, and then protruding from the wasted portion is a rounded knop, also stepped. Above this portion is a pelta or crescent positioned on its back, with the points facing upwards. Below the rectangular portion, extending on the same plain from the centre, is a short subsquare extension. This joins to another decorative extension. This portion is subrectangular with two pointed knops that point down at either corner and turn in slightly. The points are worn, but seem incomplete, so it may have echoed, in opposition, the pelta shape at the top of the mount. Two broken knops also extend from the top corners of this section, back towards the main body of the mount. The original surface mostly survives with a browny green patina. Exposed surfaces are bright green where corrosion is setting in. The reverse of the mount is plain and slightly concave at the main body and the lower portion. The remains of two rivets can be seen to the reverse of the main body.The mount is 40.48mm long. It is 29.04mm wide across the main body, 12.36mm wide across the upper pelta, 20.62mm wide across the lower portion and 6.38mm wide across the extension that joins the two. It is 5.42mm thick and weighs 9.96g.Pelta mounts are often associated with the Roman military though they may also have had some civilian use. The pelta motif would seem to suggest that this mount could also have a military connection. The find is identical to tat recorded as SOM-54A823.
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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