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Description: | A worn piece of lead in the shape of a life-sized human finger. The object is three-dimensional and models the characteristics of a finger, such as the bend at the knuckle, the tapering to the finger tip, and even having a flattened sub-oval 'finger-nail'.This object could of course just be a piece of waste lead coincidently shaped as a finger, however representations of body parts are known from the Roman world. These parts were often placed on shrines as a symbolic gesture for that particular part of the body to healed. Another Roman finger cast in bronze was discovered at Branston (LIN-A80353). While this may have been from a life-sized statue, it is possible this was just a body part.
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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