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Description: | Solid cast copper alloy mount in the form of a lion's mask seen frontally. The object is cast in the round and is flat on the back as if for attachment to a plane surface. There is a small hollow in the back (not central)where the casting is incomplete and also a small bump which might be the broken residue of a bronze pin, cast-in, to fasten the mount as described, or else another casting irregularity. The modelling is approximately hemispherical showing a long central nose and two lentoid, slightly downward-slanting eyes, and below the snout a tongue protruding. The ears are shown as slight processes at either side, and there is coarse banding over the top of the head to represent hair. A slight spur at the top is a further casting flaw.The face is 21mm from crown to tip of jaw, 20.2mm from ear to ear, and 13mm from tip of nose to back of casting. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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