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Description: | A cast, copper alloy mount of the late Iron Age, dating from 200BC to 43AD. The mount is rectangular in plan and is pierced with two crescent-shaped holes. Between the two crescents, and formed by them, are two ring and dot structures, joined together in the centre of the mount and attached at their opposite sides to the long edges of the rectangle. There are two parallel grooves running laterally along each of the long sides of the rectangle. On the underside of the mount is a short section of metal connected to the back of the central ring and dot motifs by copper alloy studs or rivets. The mount has a light green patina. It is 20.8mm long, 19.7mm wide and 5.4mm thick. It weighs 5.51gm. Similar objects are HAMP-BF2E05, LANCUM-B03EC0 and BH-EB5960
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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