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Description: | An unidentified copper alloy object of uncertain date (Roman to Early Post-Medieval, c. AD 1-1600). It measures 63.55x36.89x7.55mm and weighs 22.14g.The object consists of a long arm, from a which a shorter arm extends at 90degrees just over half way along. The reverse of the object is flat and rough.The longer arm is pelta-shaped in cross-section at one end, with two straight sides at right angles to each other (one being to the reverse of the object). At the end is a semi-circular knob (being flat to the reverse) beyond a deep grooved collar. The knob (4.95x5.08mm) has another transverse groove visible to the front and possibly represents a phallus. The arm widens to 6.80x7.00mm where, just over half way along, an arm triangular in cross-section extends at 90degrees. This terminates in a semi-circular cross-section acorn-like knop. This is arm and acorn terminal is replicated beyond this point along the longer arm.Philippa Walton, Roman Finds Adviser, comments 'I'm not convinced this one is Roman and the fact that the underside is both flat and rough suggest to me that it may have been some form of box/furniture/decorative mount which was attached with glue rather than rivets' (pers.comm.).
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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