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Description: | A copper alloy Iron Age or Roman mount, possibly a decorative shield clip or tankard fitting dating from about 300 BC - AD 100. The mount consists of a hollow tubular sheet of copper alloy decorated with a series of circumferential raised collars and grooves forming three bands. It is C shaped in cross-section and does not appear to be broken. It is 13.5mm long, 9.2mm wide and 6.6mm thick. 1.16g. The sheet is 0.83mm thick. Compare DOR-670C56 and SUSS-D4AAD7 for similar examples on the database, and SWYOR-1B5433 which has many published references. See also Worrell 2009, 'Draft Iron Age Artefact Identification Guide', p 22.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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