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Description: | A cast copper-alloy terminal mount of kinfe or handle of Roman date, c. 43-410.The terminal consists of a standing lion on a flat platform atop a cylindar with a pointed shank on its base. The lion is relatively simple in form, but with clearly indicated eyes, snout, and ears in moulded decoration, and an S-shaped tail with a thickened terminal. The underside of the belly and area between the fore and aft legs are open. There are faint traces on the cylindar of a tinned/silvered surface, though this could also be the result of a high white-metal content exposed through corrosion.Other zoomorphic terminals of standing beasts on a platform are known from the Roman period, particularly hounds and lions, though the method of attachment in this example is different, suggesting that it may have been a terminal for some handle or object other than a knife.
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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