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Description: | Cast lead or lead alloy cast in the form of an upside down face or head, probably an amulet or pendant given its suspension perforation. Date hard to determine but it could date anytime from the Iron Age to the Post Medieval (c1000 BC to c1800 AD). Similar records on the database - DENO-0E4A27, DENO-120680, NARC-D8FFD6, LEIC-196BD1 - are speculatively dated to the Roman occupation, though none of these are pierced. It shares stylistic characteristics with Celtic carved stone heads and the suspended heads depicted on Roman reiter grave stonesThe length is 22mm, the width is 18mm, and the weight 15.49g.
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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