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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount, probably Roman. The mount is circular in plan and domed in section. The central dome is 28.86mm in diameter. At the centre of the dome is a raised circular knop with a circular depression within, otherwise the dome is undecorated. Around the base of the dome is a flange, set at 90 degrees horizontally. The flange is 7.26mm wide, which includes a raised moulded rim, at its outer edge. Extending from the flange, to either side of the dome, is a circular loop, set on the same horizontal plane, with a circular piercing for attachment. The reverse of the mount is concave to the rear of the dome and is plain. The object is abraded and the original surface survives in patches with a dark green patina. Exposed surfaces are brown or light green. The mount has an over all diameter of 42.36mm. The knops are an additional 10mm to either side. The mount is 11.16mm high and weighs 21.20g. An exact parallel for the mount could not be found, though Allason-Jones and Miket, 1983, The catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman fort , illustrate an elliptical mount with the same concave reverse and side attachment loops (3.791), suggesting that the form of the mount recorded here could acceptably be Roman in date. | 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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