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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman mirror handle fragment. It measures 57mm by 41mm. This fragment is likely to have connected the mirror itself to the handle, it has three projections, at right angles to each other. The central one is triangular and the two flanking this have V-shaped notches cut from their terminals. The front faces of these projections are slightly faceted. In the centre of the front face there are remains of a hard concretion adhering to the surface. On the back face there is a distinct step on the reverse of the central point, this would have allowed the mirror disc to have been soldered onto the back face of the central point and rest against the ledge created at its base. Projecting from the centre of the edge opposite the central projection there is an incomplete rectangular shaft, which would have possibly looped around to form the handle proper, its length and nature are now unknown due to its fragmentary nature. The copper-alloy is a silvery grey in colour retaining some shine.
This is an unusual and interesting find for which further parallels will be sought. | 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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