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Description: | A complete Roman cast copper-alloy mount (or handle) dating from 43-410 AD, in the form of a small figurine in the form of a figurine of a male banqueter. Above the waistline the banqueter is naked and below the waistline the body is draped in a mantle which is represented by cast and incised lines. The figure is reclining to the left on his elbow with the right leg raised and the head facing forward. The facial features are vague and may have eroded and worn. Incised lines on the rear surface suggest that the banqueter is reclining on a couch. The base of the figurine has a rough surface but one small area is flat and smooth.Viewing the figurine from above, or below, it has a curved profile, indicating perhaps, that it would have been attached to a curved object (see below).This object is corroded and has traces of a dark green patina.Height: 31.69mm; width:34.41; thickness: 10.50mm. Weight: 23.03g.The figurine is similar in its pose to other examples and can be closely paralleled to one excavated at Usk (Webster 1995: 47-49) and recovered from a pre-Flavian context. Webster argues that the artistic treatment of the figure is deliberately archaic and inspired by Greek two-dimensional vessel mounts and believes the Usk figurine stood, with other figures, on the rim of a vessel associated with the serving of wine. A similar figure has been found in Richborough (Bushe-Fox 1949: 138).Similar mounts have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, See finds: IOW-2F7DD1; NMGW-F4A3F6; SF-7149D5 and WMID-6553C1.
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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