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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy terminal of uncertain function. It depicts a head, with crude details; the short hair consists of deep cuts and lines in various directions, the brow is furrowed with a horizontal groove at each side meeting at the central apex which follows down to the short, stubby nose. The lentoid eyes are deep-set in very large sockets, the pupils are represented by a circular dot, the ears are simple moulded curving ridges and the moulded lips are defined by three short horizontal lines. Below the neck, the shaft survives for 24.8mm and tapers while maintaining its circular section. The shaft is moulded into 8 bands, with an undulating profile in section. The end is broken, but has a groove close to the end which may suggest, along with the narrow diameter, that this is the original end of the object. In profile the head is disproportionately sized; large head, ears and eyes, but has a small nose, lips and chin. The socket at the broken end extends to a depth of approx 10mm in the shaft. It has a dull green/brown patina. It measures 57.1mm long, the diameter of the end measures 6.2mm, the diameter of the top of the shank measures 8.9mm and it weighs 32.7g.
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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