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Description: | A copper alloy Roman furniture fitting, possibly a casket mount. The object is conical and hollow. The upper surface bears moulded decoration in the form of a lion's head facing front. The outer ridge of the object is decorated with a series of incised transverse, arced lines. The inner ridge has incised decoration representing the eyes and mouth of the lion. The triangular projection at the apex forms the animal's snout and has some incised decoration, representing the nostrils and whiskers. The reverse is concave and undecorated and there is some iron staining which may be the remains of the attachment mechanism. Dark green patina.Similar furniture fittings have been recorded on the database:WILT-19A504, HAMP-A02501, BH-IA5EA7, SUR-FCDE51, NMS-E15B77, NMS-DB80B4Similar to example in Mills, N, 2000, pp 128, no. RB403.The fitting is 15.15mm in diameter, 9.35mm in height and weighs 3.13g.
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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