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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy mount in the form of a zoomorphic probable equine head (length: 41.5mm; width: 33mm; thickness: 14.2mm; weight: 36.73g). Of Roman provincial type, the equine head has strong facial features including small incised holes for the lop-sided nostrils as well as a deep incised mouth. The horse has a long nose with eyes that are only slight visible as protruding humps. The animal's ears are also clearly defined either side near the back of the head. The neck and front legs are also included. One of the legs is particularly broken and corroded at the end as they stretch out from the body. The damaged legs protrudes outwards by 2.5mm, while the other longer leg has a visible knee making the leg slightly bend, and protrudes out by 8mm. It is difficult to identify whether the horse's mane is illustrated as there is particular corrosion in that area. The body of the animal stops just below the legs and neck with a flat base. A triangular spike 16.5mm long which ends at would have been a sharp point projects out from underneath the animal's head and may have been used to attach the equine head into an article as a mount/ fitting. Overall, the artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green-brown patina and particular corrosion at the back of the animal's head Sometimes described as 'protomes', these mounts date from the 1st-4th century AD. Parallels are illustrated in Menzel's 'Die Romischen Bronzen aus Deutschland (1986). | 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
400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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