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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy mount in the form of a lion's head. These pieces, whose distribution seems to be largely restricted to Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, have been found in association with mid 1st to mid 2nd century AD burial caskets (see H. Borrill in C. Partridge; 1981; pp. 314-8). This example can be closely paralleled with another mount, BH-02F2E4, both in terms of its style and its dimensions.
The form of the piece is sub-conical, with the sides comprising four steps and having a flat upper surface. The lowest step is plain; the second one up has a repeating pattern of closely-spaced indented wavy lines, designed to represent the mane; the third step contains the eyes and a further moulding at the point of the chin; the triangular upper step depicts the nose, with a small circular depression at the top and whiskers below. The reverse is hollow and there is iron staining from a now-missing central rivet.
The mount is slightly corroded. It measures 24mm in diameter, by 12.7mm high and weighs 11.53g. | 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
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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