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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman bust. The bust depicts a human head and shoulders and is D shaped in section. The shoulders are a simple semi-circular shape with a horizontal groove to suggest clothing. The shoulders extends to an oval head with prominent hairstyle. This comprises two semi circular extensions on either side of the head. The fringe is also accentuated with a series of vertical notches. The eyes, ears and mouth are depicted as grooves, whereas as the nose is moulded decoration. The underside of the mount is plain and flat with a central circular perforation. The mount measures 25mm in length, 25mm in width and 5mm in thickness. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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