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Description: | A cast copper-alloy chatelaine of Roman date, c. 43-200.The chatelaine is largely complete, missing only the axis bar from which toilet articles would have been suspended. The body of the chatelaine is formed by a rectangular plate decorated on the outer face with three raised bands to either side of a central panel that runs across the width of the face. The panel has a sunken field with traces of white enamel between the uprights of eight 'V'-shapes. A suspension loop consisting of a knop formed by two stacked balls and a thin plate set perpendicular to the body is found in the centre of the top edge. At each end of the lower edge of the body are two further knops, each consisting of a single ball terminating in a small plate. The missing axes bar was separately fit through these plates, the central perforation visible on each.
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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