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MOUNT

Unique ID: YORYM-8E07E6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper alloy mount, probably from a vehicle. The mount has a base or back shaped like a sexfoil; adjoining the upper and lower lobes are two perforated lugs. From the centre of this backplate protrudes a three-dimensional, realistic likeness of a wild boar’s head and forelegs. This artefact was found by detectorists from Lancashire on a farm in Osbaldwick; a cast was made of the artefact (this replica was kept by the farmer), and the original was bought from the farmer. This potentially unique artefact probably dates to the 1st or 2nd century. (Recorded from the replica)

Notes:

Recorded in the Jim Halliday archive as misc 01

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1996

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Recorded in the Jim Halliday archive as misc 01

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Osbaldwick

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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