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GLO-18C155 Roman box mount
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2013-12-18 11:52:04
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GLO-18C155 Roman box mount
Description
English: Copper alloy mount in the shape of a lions head, diameter 16mm, thickness 9mm, weight 5.27g. Small decorative circular boss with a concave reverse. The decoration is in high relief and arranged in two stepped concentric levels with a flat triangular projection at the top. The low outer perimeter is decorated with a series of radiating lines that cover the whole surface. The next level is decorated with three evenly spaced ring and dots, representing the eyes and mouth of the animal. The triangular projection (that represents the animal snout) divides the three ring and dots. Remains of an iron corrosion on the reverse.

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These pieces have been found in association with mid 1st to mid 2nd century AD burial caskets at Skeleton Green, Hertfordshire (see Borrill in Partridge 1981: 314-318). Their usage is believed to represent the devouring power of death and the lion's head motif appears frequently on provincial Roman funerary monuments (Partridge, 1981: pp. 315). These examples are dated to the first or second centuries AD.

C Partridge, 1981. Skeleton Green, a late Iron Age and Roman-British Site London : Britannia Monograph Series No. 2, pp314-318.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 43 and 200
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FindID: 592584
Old ref: GLO-18C155
Filename: DSCF3450copy.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/450488
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/450488/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/592584
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