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Description: | A copper-alloy hoop with a three-dimensional bird sitting on the top. The object dates to the Roman period and is possibly a bucket mount. The hoop is circular in profile and rectangular in cross-section. The bird has a solid, elongated body with wings folded and depicted by two sub-oval mouldings. The wings are worn but may have been decorated with incised crescents that detail the feathers of the wings. The neck is oval in cross-section and tapers to the head. The head is slender and the beak is long and slightly downturned. The shape of the bird suggests that it is a bird or prey rather than a duck, as sometimes depicted on Romano-British metal work.Similar 'bird-rings' are known from Roman Britain, especially for example LVPL-52D258, LIN-54A031 and LIN-9FF138.
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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