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Description: | A worn and corroded cast copper-alloy clapper bell of probable Roman date (c. AD 43-410). The bell is incomplete as the clapper is missing and the area around the opening is uneven, thus suggesting a further continuation of the body. This bell is pyramidal in form and square in plan. At the apex of the pyramidal body is an integrally cast sub-lozenical suspension loop (measuring 15.8mm in length, 18.4mm in width and 5.3mm thick) which is pierced by a circular aperture (7.3mm in diameter). From this, the body of the bell tapers to an incomplete and uneven open mouth, although traces of a possible outward curving knop remain at one of the corners. A small circular piercing is visible in the wall of the bell, likely intended to enhance the sound (2.15mm in diameter). The bell has a slightly pitted surface and mid-green patina, and several bells of a similar form can be found on this database: SF-8B1864, CAM-7E65D5, and NMGW-56C007 which appears almost identical and dates to the 1st-2nd centuries AD.
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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