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Description: | Cast copper alloy roundel with a diameter of 27mm. This has a high domed surface with a dished centre. A hole (6mm diameter), most likely for a large rivet or pin has been driven through the centre of the dish, this is now plugged with copper alloy (the remains of the original rivet). The reason with the dished centre is to facilitate a decorative pinhead. From the central dished mount emanate four large petals, each petal arches down to the circular base plate. In between the petal is a thick layer of red enamel, as with the petals, the enamel has a curved outer edge and gives the mount its domed appearance. There is red enamel in the groove that runs down the centre of each petal. The reverse of the mount is slightly concave. There is a hole in the centre that is filled with copper alloy which maybe the remains of the rivet.This roundel is most likely a mount from an Iron Age sword or scabbard. The Kirkburn Sword 300-200BC http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_kirkburn_sword.aspx
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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