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Vessel
Unique ID: NMGW-F4A3F6
Object type certainty: Probably
Cast copper alloy mount in the form a small figurine of a banqueter of Roman date, probably from the 1st century AD. The figure is eroded with the original surface now missing. The figurine depicts a reclining banqueter resting on the left elbow. The figure appears to be naked above the waist. The lower part of the body and legs are covered with draperies, the folds of which are indicated by cast and recessed lines on the front and rear. The hand is visible against the base of drape. The rear of the figure may have further drapery over the left shoulder. No detail of the face or the rest of figure survive. The mount is curved as if fitted on a curved object. The figure has lost the projecting right hand.
Notes:
The figurine can be closely paralleled with a figurine excavated at Usk (Webster 1995, pp 47-49) and recovered from a pre-Flavian context. Webster argues that the artistic treatment of the figure is deliberately archaic and inspired by Greek two-dimensional vessel mounts and believes the Usk figurine stood, with other figures, on the rim of a vessel associated with the serving of wine. Similar figures have been found in Colchester (BM accession No 70.4-2.17), Richborough (Bushe-Fox 1949, pp 138) and Verulamium.
Class: Mount
Sub class: Figurine
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 16.6 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Newport
District: Newport
Parish: Langstone
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: ST3791
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source:
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004
Personal details
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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.42.3
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Wednesday 10th March 2004
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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