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Description: | The bucket mount depicts a bulls head made from cast copper alloy. The style of the head suggests it is can be dated to the first century A.D. A similar mount was discovered from Shepton Mallet, Somerset. The head sits vertically. The head has a loop at the top of the head. The loop is a sub-circular shape on the exterior, but the interior edge is a drop shape. The upper portion of the loop is worn through, and therefore forms a penannular loop. The loop is an oval shape in section. The head is very simplistic in style. The forehead is bulbous, and the horns maybe depicted by a slightly bump, but this is not certain. At first glance it appears the head does not have any horns. To form the nose of the bull, the forehead tapers and the nose is then defined and elongated. The terminal of the nose expands in width and depth slightly. In profile the forehead and nose forms a 'C' shape. The eyes are formed by two holes which are set slightly off-centre where the forehead meets the nose. One hole is circular in plan, the other is circular, but has a slight step above, as if when the hole was being made, there was a false-start. The mouth is defined under the tip of the nose, where there is a semi-circular groove. Protruding from the right-hand side of the head there is a sub-triangular shaped lug, with a sub-triangular shaped openwork within. At the terminal of the lug there is a circular rivet hole. On the left-hand side of the head there are two short prtrusions of the lug, but it is incomplete. Below the tip of the nose a third lug protrudes. This lug is a sub-oval shape in plan with a sub-circular sectioned hole. However the hole is incomplete as the lower portion of the lug is missing. This seems to be due to damage, not wear. But not recent damage. On the reverse of the head, there is below the upper loop a down-turned flange, which is '¬' shaped in profile. This would hook over the rim of the bucket. The head itself is hollow, and slightly rough. The lugs are flat and lie flush with the edge of the head. The mount has a dark blue/green coloured patina. There is slight pitting on the surface of the head. In length it measures 51.5mm, 40.2mm wide and 17.2mm thick. It weighs 26.89g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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