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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy roman mount. The mount was once figure of eight in plan, but is now broken, so that one end loop is incomplete. It has a flat reverse and domed, moulded front. The mount is formed from two opposing crescents, back to back, which terminate in broad trumpet heads. An integral loop then spans the opposing trumpet heads at either end to form the end loops of the figure of eight. The ends of the trumpet heads are raised ridges. The reverse of the mount is plain, and slightly concave behind the trumpet mouldings. At one end is a short integral circular shaft with an integral circular rove. The opposite rove is missing with the missing portion of mount. The object is abraded and the original surface is missing. The exposed surfaces are now lighter green. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The mount is 41.92mm long, 22.02mm wide at the complete looped end, 9.44mm wide at the centre of the figure of eight and 5.82mm thick at a raised trumpet seam. The shaft and rove are 4.14mm long. The object weighs 10.15g. Such mounts are associated with the Roman cavalry and were probably used on horse harness. The trumpet motif is an Iron Age design that continued in fashion into the Roman period. Bishop and Coulston, 1993, Roman Military Equipment, Batsford Books, London, illustrate similar mounts on page 156, numbers 8, 9 and 10. Following these examples, the mount recorded here probably dates to the third century. | 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: | 200
300 | 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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