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Description: | Copper-alloy mount fitting depicting the bust of a female. The hair is arranged in a ridge the runs from the base of the neck on the left side, to a point on the top of the head and then down to the base of the neck on the right side. The surface patina has completely worn away to the extent that there are no details remaining of the facial features. There is one large drilled hole below the chin off centre in the chest with remains of iron on the inside, with another smaller drilled hole to the right. The base of the bust appears to have been damaged in antiquity but the heavy amount of corrosion covers any evidence of a break.
The reverse of the bust is hollow with a large square-sectioned pin attached to the lower section of the mount. There are traces of iron corrosion around the hair and on the reverse of the mount.
Similar parallels are to be found in Cirencester where a similar mount was discovered in 1959 (Toynbee, 1964, 103-104) and another was found in the 1990s (Holbrook, 1998, 318). The 1959 example has been described as a Celtic Goddess, and although religious connotations could not be ruled out, it is impossible to suggest whether or not this could be a representation for a deity Celtic or not.
Both of the previously excavated examples have been dated to the second and third century and it is likely that this mount could be of a similar date. | 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 | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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