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MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-65F5FC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman Copper-Alloy Zoomorphic Mount.
This mount is in the shape of a sitting bird with both wings are resting at its side. The eyes look as if they were carved into the sides after casting and the beak is straight but slightly hooked down. There is a straight line down the center from the bottom of the neck to the tail.
There is a hole in the base of the mount that would have originally been where it would have been secured to it's vessel. A small trace of iron corrosion is visible within the hole on the base.
The left side of the neck and right wing of the bird have some scratches indented into the surface and there are some white spots on the back and right side of the neck.
Length: 25.6mm Width: 11.26mm Height: 18.1mm Weight: 12.44g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.6 mm
Height: 18.1 mm
Width: 11.26 mm
Weight: 12.44 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Wragby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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