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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy vessel spout. The spout is zoomorphic and in the form of an Ox head. The head is smooth, undecorated and slightly pitted. From the forehead sweep two circular sectioned horns, one complete and the other incomplete. The complete horn curves upwards and forwards into a semi-circle, slightly tapering until it meets a bulbous terminal. This bulbous feature may be representing a horn cap, thus indicating their use on the horns of live animals. The other horn begins as the complete one does, however a short way along it suffered some damage in antiquity and now points upwards, missing its cap. On the forehead just infront of the horns are two integral knops, possibly representing the eyes or the ears of the Ox, the latter being more likely. The object is broken from this point onwards, and when complete the snout of the Ox would have formed the main channel to the spout. The snout as it is today is semi-cylindrical in section and the edges are very worn and patinated, which makes determining whether the edges are original or breaks very difficult. The reverse of the forehead and the head is hollow, and the channels form a recessed 'Y' shaped. There is a solid integral stud on the reverse, on the tip of which is some iron corrosion. The entire feature of the spout, with the Ox open-mouthed, gives the appearence that the Ox is in the act of bellowing. The spout has an even mottled green-brown patina. Other comparable Ox headed spouts are known from Lincolnshire. One was discovered at Kirmington and is illustrated and described in May, 1976, p171. The Kirmington spout also has bulbous terminating horns indicative of horn caps, as does a comparable Ox headed mount from Frekenham, Suffolk, recorded on this database as SF8686 . The Kirmington spout is virtually complete and also looks like it is bellowing. Another example comes from the Wickenby area and is recorded on the Portable Antiquities database as NLM-5DF5D6 . One other spout was discovered at Beesby, and although comparable, the Ox head is depicted as a small feature on the spout shaft rather than being the make up of the shaft itself. This spout is also recorded on the database as LIN-F8BC42 . Further afield comparable spouts are known fron Welwyn Garden City (Stead, 1967) and also from Leg Piekarski in Poland (Megaw, 1963). Both of these parallels are strikingly similar in design to the above mentioned objects, and furthermore both of them have perforated plates attached to the reverse of the spouts, indicating their useage as Ox headed vessel spouts used for straining and pouring liquids. | 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: | -50
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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