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Description: | Cast copper alloy hollow-backed mount in the form of a human face in relief. The mount depicts an adult male apparently staring slightly downward left when seen face-on. His face is an inverted egg-shape, having a neat rounded narrow chin and broader upper face. The eyes are heavily inset and shown by a double perimeter of ovals. The nose is broad and flat, and well executed, with crescentric cheeks to either side and a stern linear mouth in the centre below. The hair is very thick and wavey, shown by an elaborate incised and moulded decoration. The hair is centre-parted and arched at the front, whilst elsewhere it flows down the side of the head and terminates at the line of the chin. The reverse of the mount is hollow and has no fixing points, suggesting that it was soldered onto the side of another object such as a vessel.
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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