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Description: | Cast copper alloy Roman key handle in the form of either a bear sitting on its rump with its front legs reaching up the trunk of a tree, or is climbing the tree. Or a dog crouching with its head down and its snout between its front paws, depending on which way the handle is orientataed. The animal is wearing a collar with small indentations representing studs. Broad collar around the base of the handle where it is broken. Traces of the iron blade are visible. The head of the bear/dog is worn.
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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