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Description: | A cast copper alloy mount or similar object with the remains of a suspension loop. The mount is roughly shield shaped in design, but is slightly concave. On the front of the mount there is a stylised head, in a Romanised/ Neo-classical design. The face has a slender nose, a small mouth and large rounded eyes, within ropework borders. Around the head an elaborate hair style can be seen, again made up of a sort of ropework design. Below the head there is a small drilled hole, which looks as though it could be a later addition to the piece. The top of the object is flat and the remains of a suspension loop rises up from it. The remains of an iron rivet survive at the top left corner of the mount (it would appear to be the case that the second rivet was removed with the break). Approximately one quarter of the mount is missing, due to a break. This break is well worn.
The reverse is undecorated. The metal is a dark greyish-green colour. A question mark still remains over this piece, it has elements which could date it to the late Iron Age to Roman period, but that date does not quite sit right ? so a much later medieval date maybe more likely. This object awaits further investigation. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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