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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy Iron Age (c.300 BC-AD c.100) unidentified object, missing an unknown proportion of the original object. Overall, the fragment measures 22.3mm long, 22.0mm wide and 11.7mm thick. It weighs 4.50g.The object is cast-in-one and is possibly zoomorphic, perhaps representing the head and neck of a dragon-like creature. The central part, the neck, is C-shaped in plan and measures 19.8mm long. It is oval in section and measures 4.2mm wide and 3.5mm thick. At one end, the head has two eyes represented by a ring-and-dot setting for enamel on either side. From this projects the rectangular sectioned snout that ends with a disc terminal with a circular setting for enamel at the top of the snout. At the lower end, the bottom edge is bevelled and the tip may have broken off. On one side, there is a thin rectangular sectioned projection which curves downwards to its break. On the opposite side is the stump of another projection which presumably curved downwards as well. These two projections would probably have joined to form a ring or loop.This object may be a fragment from a fitting from a copper alloy vessel, but so far no parallels have been found.
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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