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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy and iron zoomorphic vessel mount of Roman date (c. AD 43-c. AD 300). Length: 23.0mm; width; 20.1mm; thickness: 8.9mm; weight: 6.15mm.This bovine vessel mount is in the form of a head facing forwards. The main part, except the ears, is sub-circular in cross-section. The eyes are in the form of two punched ring-and-dot motifs and the snout is quite stubby. At the end of the snout two small circular indentations form nostrils and the mouth is represented by two short horizontal grooves. The ears are relatively large and are concave at the front and convex at the rear. At the front, a tapering groove at the inner side of each ear divides the ear from the head. On the underside of the head, at the centre, there is an iron element, perhaps the remains of a spike. This feature appears to be well imbedded into the copper alloy part.The mount generally has a matt mid-green patina although it is slightly corroded along the edges and tips of the ears. The iron feature is corroded but in a stable condition.Finds Liaison Officer, Angie Bolton, has commented on this find:These types of mounts are found on copper alloy bowls and are similar in some respects to a mount from Long Melford Parish, Suffolk. See, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SF-536544. This Suffolk example also has the ring-and-dot eyes, and the iron rivet. The mouth and nostrils are classic Romanesque for these mounts.Another example of a bovine vessel mount with ring-and-dot eyes has been published in Antiquity (Vol. 36, no. 143, p. 219-220).
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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