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Description: | A damaged and incomplete cast copper-alloy bell of Roman date. The hollow bell chamber is conical, has convex sides and a damaged apex loop and base. This latter has a loss extending to around half of the base, with a sliver taken out of the zone above the base at one side. Where it survives the base is flat to aid standing. Decorating the outer surface are two pairs of concentric linear incisions, one located just above the bottom edge, the other two thirds of the way up. At the top of the bell, below the apex, are four perforations, respectively circular and sub-oval at the cardinal points. In addition to the losses mentioned the clapper has also gone, although iron corrosion beneath the apex loop marks its original position. The object now has an even mid-green patina. Roman animal bells can be found illustrated in Crummy (1983, 127; fig. 143).
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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