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Description: | Cast lead human head. Sub-circular disc with moulded head on one surface - with curly hair framing face and covering ears, prominent sub-circular eyes, long bifurcated nose, raised line for mouth and prominent cheeks and chin. The other side is flat and undecorated. There is no means of attachment and the object does not appear to be broken. Cream/grey patina. Probably Roman. Length 21.82mm, width 19.57mm, thickness 5.46mm, weight 9.88g.Dr Martin Henig writes:"It certainly looks Roman... It would be an easy thing for a lead-worker to cast, perhaps a caricature but maybe intended as a protective amulet to deflect the Evil Eye...so an apotropaic image?" (pers comm, email, July 06)
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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