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Description: | Sheet copper alloy votive plaque height 40mm, width 22, thickness 1mm, weight 2.22g. Sheet plaque that carries an inscription, each of the letters is made from a small punch which has not penetrated the metal, the inscription is on four lines and reads [...]D/[...]M/[...]TV/[...]M(or)A . Unfortunately, the plaque has broken in antiquity and only the far right side remains which renders it impossible to read what was written on the complete item. Plaques containing stamped inscriptions were fund during the Uley Shrines excavation (Woodward & Leach, 1993, 103-104)Woodward A, Leach P, 1993, The Uley Shrines: Excavation of a Ritual Complex on West Hill Uley, Gloucestershire: 1977-9, English Heritage in association with the British Museum Press.
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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