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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy circular Roman mount sometimes known as a ?bell shaped stud?. The object is circular in plan with a flared trapezoidal section that extends from a short neck that is also slightly flared in the opposite way with a trapezoidal section. The ?underside? of the bell or flared area is countersunk with a flat bottom. Protruding from the centre of the countersunk area is a conical boss, approximately 1mm high that has a concave circular depression in its tip, making it flat across its top. Extending from the reverse of the ?neck? portion of the object are the remains of an integral circular shaft, approximately 4mm wide, that is now severely truncated. The object has an over all length of 12.72mm and weighs 9.53g. It has a diameter of 16.22mm across the ?bell? mouth and 12.06mm across the ?neck?. Where the original surface survives the object has a mid green patina, but it is otherwise abraded with patches of light green corrosion. Break edges are worn and corroded brown suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. Mounts of this type are probably decoration from furniture or vehicles, though they may have had any number of uses. Allason-Jones and Miket illustrate a number in the Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman fort. It is worth noting that Crummy 1983, Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9 illustrates a lock pin with a similar shaped terminal, which might also indicate a use for these mounts. | 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 | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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