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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman fitting in the form of a slender dolphin. The fitting widens towards the head and has a break at the nose; the tail curls round to attach to the back of the body and forms a hole. The expanding fin is grooved. This object problem formed one of a joined pair and may have formed a handle.Similar recorded fittings include SF-FC3D63, three dolphins which formed part of a lampstand (NMS-E185A6), as well as handles recorded from South Shields which are closer parallels (L Allason-Jones & R. Miket, The Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman Fort, (1984), 164, 3.411-3.419). See also Faider-Feytman's (Les Bronzes Romains de Belgique (1979), figs.192-8.
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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