|
Date: |
|
Description: | Lead alloy human head or figurine. The head is oval and has a square sectioned neck which may have fitted into a socket on a larger object. The head is 53.6mm long, 23.6mm wide and 12.4mm thick. The reverse is flat with a groove down the centre. The front is convex and has moulded features. There is some representation of hair which seems to be wavy or curly, a high forehead, large oval eyes without any detailing, a long straight nose and a smiling closed mouth. The nose has similarities to the copper alloy head found at South Shields Roman Fort (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, page 226), but the over-all style is not obviously Roman, so a medieval date is suggested, although no close parallel has been found. It is not clear whether this object had a function, and if so, what it was.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
Figurine
Cast copper alloy figurine. The…
-
FIGURINE
Cast copper alloy figurine. The…
-
FIGURINE
Cast copper alloy figurine. The…
-
FIGURINE
Roman lead alloy figurine, 51mm…
-
FIGURINE
A copper alloy zoomorphic figurine…
-
figurine
A complete copper-alloy figurine of…
-
FIGURINE
A complete copper-alloy figurine of…
|