|
Date: |
|
Description: | A cast copper-alloy head of Minerva from the top of a Roman wax spatula handle. The head is facing, wearing a high-crested helmet. The helmet is well moulded with the crest narrowed and with a point protruding forwards. The top is decorated with short diagonal incisions on both sides. Below the expanded helmet is faceted to define a front and back. It comes to a point at both front and back; the sides are decorated at the base with parallel incisions to those at the crest. At the base at the back is a point protruding rearwards. The moulded head below begins with a band of hair delineated with more diagonal incisions. The narrow face has a triangular moulded nose, punched eyes and a mouth defined by transversely incised lines. The moulding is fairly basic. Only vestiges of the neck survive at the back of the head as a result of old damage.The artefact has corroded to an even light/mid-green colour. A 2nd/3rd-century date is suggested for such objects (Worrell 2003).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
SPATULA
Cast copper-alloy wax spatula handle…
-
Spatula
Cast copper-alloy wax spatula handle…
-
Figurine
A complete cast copper-alloy figurine…
-
FIGURINE
A complete cast copper-alloy figurine…
-
FIGURINE
A complete cast copper-alloy figurine…
-
-
Spatula
Cast copper-alloy wax spatula handle…
-
SPATULA
Cast copper-alloy wax spatula handle…
-
SPATULA
Cast copper-alloy wax spatula handle…
-
SPATULA
Copper alloy spatula. Cast anthropomorphic…
|