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Description: | A Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic handle escutcheon from a vessel, dating AD43-410. This escutcheon has been cast to form a three dimensional human head, hollow reverse and a rectangular tab projecting below the chin. This tab has one complete circular perforation and it is broken across a second; there also appears to be a third circular perforation above the other two and it is filled with iron. The iron filled perforation and the incomplete one are aligned in a straight line, but the complete, empty perforation is slightly off-centre and abuts the iron filled perforation. The details of the face have been cast but the pupil/iris of the eyes is created by inlaid blue glass set within a contrasting white material. The hair is a domed shape cutting across the forehead with incised radiating lines creating detail and the nose is angular and fairly prominent. Dimensions: length: 37.65 mm; width: 20.83mm; thickness: 17.09mm; weight: 28.25g.Ralph Jackson suggests this is a vessel escutcheon and comments that it looks like a well-modelled and interestingly detailed image.
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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