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Description: | A copper alloy Roman "bell shaped" mount or stud. The object is sub-conical. There is an onion shaped knop (cone with a bulbous base) mounted on the apex of another cone with an incurved base. There is a transverse band of decoration round the base of each element (which are cast together integrally). The band of decoration consists of a wavy line of copper alloy set in a recessed rectangular area. The recesses are filled with red enamel. The base of the object is a hollow dome. There is an iron shank which is visible in the base and at the apex, and which presumably runs the length of the object. A similar object is illustrated in the Roman Training notes (Worrell December 2004, unpublished) and listed as a Furniture or Box "bell shaped" mount. They seem to have had a variety of uses. No close published parallel has been found, but number 462 in Bishop's (1996) Finds from Roman Aldborough has similarities, and the decoration can be paralleled on Roman brooches, for example, SWYOR-167647.
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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