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Description: | This is an intriguing little copper-alloy mount in the form of a severed head. The face is a flat oval with the eyes being two deep holes with well defined protruding nose and mouth. Each side has a representation of an ear and the top of the head is surmounted by a large crest which runs from the brow back to the nape of the neck and which may represent the crest on a warrior's helmet. At the base, there is a central fin or fixing tang, aligned front to rear, in which there were at least two rivet holes. Overall this object is thought to be a mount. It is possible that it may have been a decorative pommel to a small knife. It may date to the Romano-British period.
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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