|
Date: |
|
Description: | A complete copper-alloy Roman escutcheon probably from a bronze hanging bowl or wine strainer.The escutcheon depicts a male face, the top of the escutcheon is broadly flat, no depicting of hair is visible, the forehead is decorated with a band of transverse grooves running along the front and sides of the forehead. Below the transverse grooves is a raised horizontal ridge located above the brow. The brow is raised and meets the raised nose in the centre of the escutcheon. Below the brow are two raised horizontal ridges which depict the eyes. Below the nose are two raised horizontal ridges which depict the mouth. From the chin the escutcheon tapers and thins to form a broadly square terminal which is decorated with a incised X and two sets of two horizontal grooves.The escutcheon's reverse is hollow and there is an indentation on each of the two edges to the rear of the figure's forehead where the loop from which that side of the bowl was hung would have sat. At the base of the broadly square terminal is a possible indentation, the irregular nature of the indentation suggests this may otherwise be old damage. The surface of the reverse is irregular.A very similar example is depicted in Ellis (ed.) 'Roman Wiltshire and After' p.149 fig.8.2. The escutcheon takes the form of a human face and neck, possibly a deity.The escutcheon is 52.60mm long, 26.80mm wide and 15.95mm thick. It weighs 30.98g. The thickness of the metal is 1.90mm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
PIN
An incomplete cast copper-alloy probable…
-
vessel
The lower terminal and fragment…
-
VESSEL
The lower terminal and fragment…
-
VESSEL
The lower terminal and fragment…
-
SPATULA
A complete copper alloy mount…
-
MOUNT
A complete copper alloy zoomorphic…
-
VESSEL
A zoomorphic copper-alloy mount from…
-
-
VESSEL
Copper alloy vessel escutcheon with…
-
BROOCH
An almost complete (the pin…
|