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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy late-Iron Age (c.100 BC-AD c.100) mount, possibly a fitting from a shield, a mirror or a tankard. It is missing a large fragment from one corner. Overall, the object measures 21.9mm long, 11.1mm wide and 9.3mm thick. It weighs 2.62g.The mount is semi-tubular, U-shaped in section and broadly rectangular in plan. Each end has a thickened rim (c.1.8mm thick). Each end then narrows to a collar (c.1.1mm thick) with a transverse ridge. Between these collars is a rectangular area (c.1.4mm thick), which is decorated with a pair of opposing grooved 'V's with a gap between them. The object has been broken along the grooved lines of one of these Vs.There are a number of similar objects on the database: LVPL-859F48, LVPL-855447, WYOR-5C5FB5 and SWYOR-3B84F2.
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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