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Description: | Possibly a fragment of a copper alloy mount. The upper portion of the mount has an oval shaped loop whose lower exterior edge has an integral collar. Below the collar, and integral to it, there is a short stem which has concave sides which is integral to the lower portion of the mount. The lower portion is an inverted triangle which is slightly tri-lobed and in section it is a inverted 'V' shape, thereby forming two plates. The lower tip of both plates has a circular perforation. The outer face is decorated with a wide low-relief inverted 'V'. The reverse of the object is undecorated. The mount has a mottled, almost complete, mid to dark green patina. The mount measures 40.35mm long, 22.92mm wide, 5.57mm thick, and weighs 8.2g.The date of the mount is uncertain; a similar decorated loop is recorded as Roman on the database (WILT-8989A5), but no direct comparison can me found. This is suggested as a type of vessel mount.
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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