File:Bird mount (FindID 420444).jpg

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Bird mount
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Sami Wilson, 2010-12-14 13:13:45
Title
Bird mount
Description
English: A cast copper alloy eagle mount of Roman date, 43-410.

The mount was cast in two halves, with flash marks visible on all faces, though more worn in some places. The eagle is sitting, wings folded and head forward on a tubular socket, which has a circular perforation on each side at its base. Punches C- and V-shapes indicate feathers on the eagles wings, back, tail, and breast.The bird is dark green in colour some evidence of red enamel remaining.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northumberland
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 420444
Old ref: NCL-23BB33
Filename: IMG_5486.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/309005
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/309005/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/420444
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Object location55° 02′ 29.04″ N, 2° 09′ 13.03″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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