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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy vessel mount or escutcheon of Roman date. It is missing the top edge due to old breaks. The surviving object is triangular in form and section with concave/hollow back face that has a slight flattened rim. The front face has a central flattened triangular panel just below the old breaks, either side of which are projecting ear shaped lobes, one of which is incomplete due to old breaks. Beneath the panel the front face of the object is triangular in form with a central vertical rib, tapering to a forwards projecting globular knob. This is circular in form with a flattened front face. The entire object has a mid green patina with worn surfaces and some corrosion in places. It measures 26.66mm in length, 29.75mm in width, 6.17mm in thickness and 9.56g in weight. This is an incomplete vessel mount of probable Roman date. It finds parallels in a number of examples recorded through the PAS database (e.g. YOYRM-E7DD98, DUR-510214, NLM-52F093 and SF-B27134), some of which are interpreted as being stylised forwards facing bulls heads, as well as in an example from Aldborough (Bishop, 1996: no. 22). It is probable that the current example had similar function and as such dates to the Roman period, c.43-410 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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