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Description: | Incomplete, cast copper-alloy Roman pedestal base which would originally have held a copper-alloy figurine. The main platform of the pedestal base is square in plan and flat in section. It has a down turned flanged rim, set at 90 degrees, of which three sides are damaged. At each corner of the undamaged side is a globular foot, the other two feet are entirely missing. Extending vertically from the centre of the base is a hexagonal column, with an integrally moulded hexagonal band to top and bottom. Above the upper most band sits an integral, flat circular platform, upon which the figurine would have been positioned. The column is hollow. The original surface of the object is much abraded. Surviving patches of the original surface are mid green. The majority of exposed surface is lighter green. There are significant patches of cobalt blue where bronze disease is advanced. The top of the circular platform has traces of tinning. The underside of the square base is crudely finished with an uneven surface, again some patches of tinning survive. There is no sign of an inscription, which is sometimes the case with these objects. The square base measures 23.14mm by 24.32mm and is 1.96mm thick. The flange is 4.38mm long. The foot knobs are 4.64mm and 4.54mm in diameter. The column is 18.24mm high and 13.18mm thick. The circular platform has a diameter of 18.98mm. The object weighs 21.95g. Martin Henig has kindly informed that there are parallels of pedestal bases on four feet to be found in C.Boube-Piccot, Les Bronzes Antiques de Maroc. I. La Statuaire (Rabat 1969),p.328 no.412, pl.251,5 where the base is octagonal. A. Kaufmann-Heinimann, Die Romischen Bronzen der Schweiz I. Augst (Mainz1977),p.107 no.162 and Kaufmann-Heinimann V. Neufunde und Nachtrage (Mainz 1994),p.84 no.122 both of which are rectangular. | 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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