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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy miniature shield. The shield is flat, oval in plan, and is elaborately decorated.The shield is in two parts and is missing both tips. The shield has a raised circular boss comprising a central dome with two raised concentric circles surrounding it. The boss is set on a large lozenge shaped panel, which is slightly raised from the perimeter field. Above the lozenge shaped panel there are two very worn and damaged motifs. The first is located to the left of the apex of the lozenge, and looks like a raised crescent. The second is located to the right of the apex of the lozenge and looks like a raised line with a crescentric terminal, with its crescent end pointing down the shield.Either side of the boss is a lozenge shaped rivet hole. To the right of the right-hand side rivet is another, smaller circular rivet hole. This suggests that a miniature grip may have once been attached to the shield.Miniature shields are difficult to date although they are thought to range from circa 400BC to the mid-late 1st century AD.
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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