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Description: | A copper alloy mount, dating to the Roman period. The main body of the mount is cast and consists of an asymmetrical motif of three trumpets. The motif is openwork and hemispherical in section. To one side of the openwork body of the mount is a rectangular section bar with central groove. Two circular perforated lugs extend from this bar. The underside of the stud is flat and plain. It has not been filed down or ?finished? and some casting scars are visible. There are three, circular section attachment lugs, one positioned on each of the trumpets. The mount measures 37mm in length and 25mm in width. | 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 | Creator: | Philippa Walton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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