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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy circular Roman mount sometimes known as a ?bell shaped stud?. It consists of a disc that is 17.02mm in diameter and 6.2mm high that extends into a circular shafted ?neck? for 3.7mm. The ?neck? is slightly stepped having a diameter of 14.06mm. The ?neck flares out into a wide, shallow bell shape, 7.38mm long and 29.14mm in diameter. This makes the object circular in plan with a flared trapezoidal section. The rim of the ?bell? is curved. 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, 6.98mm high and 8.6mm at its broad end, which has a concave depression in its tip, making it flat across its top. To the reverse of the stud, to the back of the disc, is an incomplete rectangular iron rivet. The object has an over all length of 26.46mm and weighs 42.82g. The original surface of the object survives with an even mid green patina, the iron rivet is orange brown with corrosion product. Mounts of this type are probably decoration from furniture or vehicles, though they may have had any number of uses. Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, The catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman fort, illustrate a number, of which 3.903 is a close parallel to this object. It is worth noting that Crummy 1983, The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 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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