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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount or stud of probable Late Iron Age or Early Roman date (300 BC ? 100 AD). The mount is sub-oval (egg or eye shaped) in plan and D shaped in cross section with a cast sub-rectangular projection on the reverse. The mount measures 33mm in length, 21.9mm width and is 14.2mm thick. It weighs 20.17 grams.
The front face of the mount is decorated with a simple cast pattern. This consists of a raised solid sub-circular boss in the centre of the mount contained within a cast circular groove. At the either end of the longest axis are cast rounded sub-triangular projections. The overall pattern is similar to that of an eye. The reverse of the mount is flat apart from the remains of a small sub rectangular spike or shank. This projects approximately 5mm. The break is relatively old as a patina has formed over it.
The mount is a mid green brown colour with an even but slightly abraded, patina which covers all surfaces. A direct parallel has not been found for this artefact. It is likely to be either a decorative stud from a piece of furniture or be a similar decorative mount from leather or woodwork. | 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: | -300
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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