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Description: | A copper alloy anthropomorphic mount of Saint Peter (died c. AD 67). The mount depicts the saint with slightly bent knees, suggesting the figure was intended to appear seated on its fitting; the mount has finely moulded decoration, clearly depicting the saint's robes, hair, beard and other facial features. The figure holds a large key in the left hand which is wrapped in a fold of the robe; the right hand is raised to shoulder level in front of the body and the first two fingers and the thumb are extended in the sign of the Holy Trinity. The saint is wearing sandals, with the right foot placed forward of the left. The reverse of the mount is hollow from beneath the shoulders and down; an iron rivet protrudes from the back of the head, and another iron rivet extends from the reverse of the mount into the saint's right arm; it is possible that the right arm would have moved from side to side on this mechanism. Another possible rivet or pin may have terminated on the reverse of the mount beneath the shoulder blades; a small circular impression here suggests that an iron pin was used to affix the mount to a larger, possibly wooden object.
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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