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Description: | A cast copper alloy vessel mount in the form of a boar. In plan the mount is sub-circular. The reverse is hollow and has an undulating, rough surface. The outer face of the mount is in the form of a stylised boar (which does also conincidentally look like a bat), which is defined by the trace of a tusk. The boar is shaped into three portions which run parrelel to each other and are in high-relief; the legs either side and the body/head. The legs are moulded semi-circular lugs, one each side ofthe body, and are moulded with two obliquely angled grooves on the exterior face. The legs are flush with the edge of the mount. The body and head of the mounthas the snout at one edge and the rump at the opposite edge. The head has large semi-circular ears, the snout has a moulded '~' at the tip which is interpreted as the tusk. The head leads on to a short bodywith is sub-triangular and leads to the edge of the mount. The surface of the object has a well developed green/grey coloured patina. It measures 25.13mm long, 22.98mm wide, 14.45mm thick, and weighing 19.1g.The style of the object and subject matter suggests a Roman date. Similar vessel mounts of other subjects have been recorded by the PAS, for example a lion (WAW-D57533), or busts (NMS-57CB72, WMID-01FA06, WAW-2FA145). These are all dated to the Roman period.The depiction of a boar could be interpreted as an 'emblem of ferocity and tenacity' (Green, M. 1976 A Corpus of Religious Material from the Civilian Areas of Roman Britian B.A.R. No. 24 p. 32-33). These attributes could be associated with warriorsand legions (Foster, J. 1977 Bronze Boar Figurines in Iron Age and Roman Britiain B.A.R. 39, p. 19) or hunters (Toynbee, J.M.C. 1964 Art In Britain Under The Romans).
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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