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Description: | A Roman cast copper alloy mount, possibly a harness fitting or furniture mount. The mount is in the form of an eagle with the eagles slightly folded outwards with the tips of the wings touching the feet. The head is protruding and facing outwards. Between the feet the eagle has a small spherical ball between which has two lentoid notches which may be intentional or accidental damage. The body and upper legs are covered with linear notches forming columns '\/' which slightly overlap. The wings have columns of linear notches arranged as '=' with longer linear grooves depicting the folds of the wings. The neck is decorated with very fine linear notches which are perpendicular to the neck, and circumvent it. The back of the neck has a slight lip behind it which, in profile, is the same height as the top of the head. The head is quite simplistic and tapers to a blunt beak which is slightly hooked. The eyes are formed by low-relief annulets. Between the eyes the detail is in the form of linear notches with a parting in the centre.The reverse of the mount is generally flat with a slightly hollowness behind the wings and head. Protruding and integral to the reverse of the body there appears to be two rectangular copper alloy vertical lugs with the void between and surrounding the lug being encompassed with iron corrosion.The mount measures 39.08mm long from the spherical ball and the lip behind the head, 31.76mm wide across the wings, 37.16mm thick from the tip of the beak to the terminal of the iron corrosion. The copper alloy lugs protrude 10.3mm from the reverse of the mount. It weighs 50g. The mount is in a good condition, with the surface mainly covered by a shiny dark green patina. The edges are slightly abraded.The function of the mount is not certain yet, but is probably related to the Roman military. Possible uses are for decorating furniture or harnesses. Research is on-going by the Finds Advisor, Sally Worrell who also commented she could not think of anything similar from the UK, so is possibly a continental example.Possibly dates to the early Roman period, 43 to 200.
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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