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Description: | Iron Age/Romano British mount in the form of a bull's or cow's head and neck, the twin horns and ears incomplete. All features, ears, eyes, nostrils, mouth and dewlap are finely moulded. At the base of the neck a ribbed moulding clasps a U-shaped vertical channel for attachment. If the channel were horizontal then this would be identified as a bucket mount, cf. an example from Corbridge (MacGregor 1976, cat. no. 315). The bull was regarded as a symbol of strength in Roman Britain and was adopted by several deities (Green 1976, 32). Length 34mm. Width across horns >19.5mm. Weight 39.18g. 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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