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Description: | A cast copper alloy looped object in the shape of a stylised bird. This is possibly a vessel mount but it is hard to see how it would have been affixed to a vessel and there are no rivets nor signs of soldering. Late Iron Age or Roman in date. The bird is formed from a lozenge-shaped piece of copper alloy (the body and wings) with two terminals. One terminal is a circular disc and the other is a narrow projection, bent under at the end to form a beak. The lozenge is not flat but has been bent down the middle to form a ridge. There are incised double lines around the edge of the lozenge. On the underside of the bird is an integral loop at 90 degrees to the body. The loop is 14.75mm in external diameter. The hoop is 2.2mm thick and D-shaped in section. Length of object 33.81mm, width 14.52mm, height 14.21mm, weight 5.21g.The object has the appearance of a napkin ring but on a much reduced scale.
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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