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Description: | A fragment of a statue of Roman date. The fragment is irregularly shaped with moulded wavering lines on the upper surface giving the impression of flowing hair. The reverse is largely flat and smooth except for one rough protuberance most probably caused by a flaw in the casting process.The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The fragment is 103.7mm long, 98.5mm wide, 4.8mm thick and weighs 311g.This fragments relate to those recorded as YORYM-5053ED, YORYM-F46085 and YORYM-DE4D53 which have been assessed by Kosmas Dafas of Kings College, London in which it is stated that "it is not certain whether we are dealing with an exclusively personalised/individualised portrait of an emperor (?) or an idealised work also bearing certain naturalistic/realistic features".The fragments were subjected to pXRF Analysis by Matt Phelps of University College London through which it was determined that the zinc content is very low and does not seem to have been deliberately added (although they could well be recycled metals where repeated re-meltings have evaporated the zinc). The tin content is at 10% and a large amount of lead is included in the alloy at around 18% lead.Phelps surmises that this statue is stylistically Roman which matches the use of zinc which was a technology brought to Britain by the Romans.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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