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Description: | Possibly a fragment of a copper alloy Roman vessel mount. The lower section of the mount is broken, as is some of the decoration. It is covered in a green patina. It measures 40x30x3mm and weighs 8.78g.
At the top of the mount is a pointed oval loop (external diameter 13x10mm, 3mm thick), separated from the body of the artefact by a shoulder with three ridges (5.5x14x4mm). The main body of the mount is thinner (1.5mm) and probably resembled a triangle, although much more . From the shoulder is a slightly tapering neck 4mm long, from where the body of the mount kicks outwards and upwards reaching its maximum width. From this point it begins to narrow, intially with a straight edge, but subsequently with 'C' shapes, of which only 1.5 are present before the break. There is no surface decoration on the body of the mount.
The reverse is undecorated and flat. The mount is slightly concave.
No direct parallels could be found, but although much more decorative, it is similar in overall shape to Roman escutcheon from buckets or kettles, e.g. 2040 from Colchester (Crummy 1983). | 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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