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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy unidentified object which could be Roman or possibly early medieval in date. This object is oval in shape and its lower(?) edge is now missing due to old breaks which are worn. It measures c33mm in length and c30mm in width. It has an integral incomplete loop projecting from the centre of the completed end on the same plane as the rest of the object. This could have been a suspension or attachment loop. One face is flat and the other slightly rounded, it is likely that the latter is the front face of the object. It has circular holes through it, there is one larger central hole, c7mm in diameter and on either side of this running along the longitudinal edges of the object, parallel to each other, there are three smaller circular holes, each c5mm in diameter. Directly below the larger hole there are two parallel incomplete smaller holes. Interestingly the smaller holes appear to be worn on their outer edges. Also two of the smaller holes on the front face and three of the holes on the back face have curvilinear indentations next to them, possibly created when the holes were made. On the back face there are also further small roughly circular irregular indentations which may be due to wear. No parallel could be found for this object and its function is unknown.
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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