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Description: | Furniture fitting (Possibly)
Roman
Length 24mm, diameter 20mm
The base, circular is cross-section, raises outwards in a concave line. The face of the artefact is dished face, the ends of which curve downwards slightly. A central stud projects out from the centre for 13mm. The stud has a narrowed waist (dumbbell shaped), with a circular knop sitting on the terminal. The knop has a circular hole that passes from left to right, together with a second hole that runs from the top and into the chamber of the first hole, resulting in an inverted 'T'-shaped hollow (this has lead to suggestions that this could be a plumbbob). The base is very uneven and appears to have been truncated.
The most of the object retains its original surface as a dark green patina, although the extremities have suffered from corrosion resulting in a light green colour.
Similar artefacts have been found from the excavations at South Shields roman fort, all of which have been described as studs and therefore furniture fittings. (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, 240-243). | 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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