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Description: | Copper alloy zoomorphic mount with cast integral stud. The mount is shaped like a crocodile flat on its front with the legs splayed out. The two back legs appear to be intact but the front part of the animal has broken away. There is a single incised line running down the centre of the back. Crocodiles did sometimes appear on mosaics during the Roman period although no parallels for this mount have been found. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated and there is a single sub-circular stud set on the tail of the beast. The mount weighs 10.96g and measures 39.36mm in length, 18.71mm in width and 7.85mm in thickness. A similar example can be seen in Nigel Mills 'Celtic and Roman Artefacts' although this is a brooch, page 59, No.R150.
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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