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Description: | A cast copper-alloy mount of probable Roman date. It is roughly lozenge shaped with concave back face and moulded/domed front face, and in the form of a cherubic male face. Above the face is a band of wavy hair with a central curl in high relief. The face beneath has a prominent brow with conical projection at its centre, below which are deeply set eyes and small nose, mouth and chin. To each side of the face are rounded cheeks that give the object its cherubic appearance. The back face of the mount is concave with a flattened outer edge, and it is not immediately apparent how this object may have been attached, or indeed what it may have been attached to. It measures 23.82mm in length, 23.75mm in width, 8.01mm in thickness, and 7.48g in weight.This cherubic mount finds parallels in a number of similar examples recorded from Suffolk (SF8645, SF-8DBEE6 or SF-FAF633) and is perhaps a mount from a vessel or similar item. These are largely interpreted as being of probable Roman date given their form and overall appearance, but with the recognition that a later, Post-Medieval (c.18th-20th century AD), cannot be ruled out entirely.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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