UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

A copper alloy unidentified object of probable Medieval or post-Medieval date. It is 35.55 mm in length, 33.25 mm in width, 20.15 mm in depth and weighs 35.81 grams. It has a large circular cavity in its base which suggests it was placed on the end of another object. The object is in the form of the torso of a bearded man. The man has two proportionally short and thin arms which jut out from the body so that there is a gap between the elbow and the sides of the body. The arms are bent at almost 90 degrees. He holds a vessel in his right hand. His left hand is held against his body. On his head he either has short hair which is depicted with multiple incisions and cross hatching. His eyes are formed from circular recesses, a ridge forms his nose and a transverse groove forms his mouth. A circumfrential band is visible just above the neck which could possibly be a depiction of a ruff.

The head is 15.80 mm from the tip of the beard to the back of the head and 10.50 mm from the forehead to the neck. His right arm is 19.55 mm long and the left arm is 14.20 mm and each is 3.10-4.60 mm thick. The goblet is 6.85 mm in diameter and has a visible height (above the hand) of 5.15 mm. The body thickens gradually from the neck (10.40 mm) to the base (16.80 mm), and widens from the neck (9.55 mm) to the shoulders (27.70 mm), narrows at the armpits (19.25 mm) and then gradually widens to the base (18.85 mm). The rim of the circular cavity is between 1.20 mm and 2.75 mm thick.

C.f. HESH-43BE84 - interpreted as a Roman vehicle mount. The cavity is rectangular instead of circular and there is more detail on it.

C.f. NLM-A243C8 and SF-01ACA7 - but neither have a cavity in the base.