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Description: | Cast copper alloy Roman mount sometimes known as a ?bell shaped stud?. The object is circular in plan with a flared trapezoidal section that extends from a short neck that is circular in section. The ?underside? of the bell or flared area is countersunk with a flat bottom. Protruding from the centre of the countersunk area is a conical boss, approximately 4mm high. There is no depression at the tip, which is normally seen on these objects. To the reverse of the ?neck? portion is a circular depression which may have once held a shank, attaching the stud to another object. The object has an over all length of 13.24mm and weighs 13.98g. It has a diameter of 21.96mm across the ?bell? mouth (which is now slightly squashed) and 14.2mm across the ?neck?. The object is heavily abraded and little of the original surface survives. Exposed surfaces are now pitted and mid and light green. Mounts of this type are probably decoration from furniture or vehicles, though they may have had any number of uses. Allason-Jones and Miket illustrate a number in the Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman fort. It is worth noting that Crummy 1983, Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9 illustrates a lock pin with a similar shaped terminal, which might also indicate a use for these mounts. | 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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