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Description: | A Roman, 2nd century large copper-alloy hollow mount, probably for furniture, in the form of Bacchus the God of Wine . The mount depicts a bust with chest, shoulders and head. The chest is bare while the neck is obsured by a curling beard that also covers much of the face. The face has moulded eyes, eyebrows, nose and a firm mounth. On the reverse, which is hollow, is a copper alloy projection 13.1mm in diameter from which the stump of an iron rivet extends. It extends 9.5 mm beyond the vertical line of the back of the head. The mount would have ornamented an item of furniture or a box or small chest.Silmilar examples can be seen on the database: WILT-074FD1 and WMID-D1FDC6.The Mount is 36.1mm long, 31.4mm wide, 13.3mm thick and weighs 21.62 grams.
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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