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Description: | A probable cast copper alloy bowl suspension-ring escutcheon of Iron Age date. The incomplete broadly oval escutcheon measures 30.9mm by 18.8mm by 11.2mm and weighs 12.1g. The front is convex and the back is concave, damaged and uneven. The front is also rather pitted but less so than the back and some decoration can be discerned. The cast linears define several areas: two long ovals with pointed ends which are near vertical but bend outwards slightly towards the centrepoint of the edge on each side, and a central triangle. The lower section is damaged but there is a further curving linear on the surviving side. The escutcheon is similar to an example from Hod Hill, Dorset, which features in Jope's Early Celtic Art (2000, p. 104, plate 169, g). Jope lists a number of bowl fittings of this type, all of which have been found in the West Country. The decoration on the Hod Hill example is thought to represent a stylised human face. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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