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Description: | Copper alloy fitting of Roman date. The object is generally conical and is hollow. The upper surface bears moulded decoration in the form of a lion?s front-facing head formed by three concentric circular ridges, with a further triangular moulding at the apex forming the snout. The lowermost ridge is undecorated. The second ridge is decorated with a series of incised transverse, arced lines. The third ridge is less regular and has incised decoration representing the eyes and mouth of the lion. The triangular projection at the apex forms the animal?s snout and has some incised decoration, now worn, which most likely represented the nostrils and whiskers. The reverse is concave, irregular and undecorated and there is some iron staining which may be the remains of the attachment mechanism. Dark green patina. | 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: | 1
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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