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MOUNT
Unique ID: BH-2E7A90
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy zoomorphic mount, possibly Late Iron Age or Roman in date. The mount is intended to represent an animal, possibly a hunting dog and comprises a hemispherical section body, the upper surface of which is decorated with two pairs of ribs and grooves flanking a central circular perforation, which is filled with a circular-section rivet. The lower surface of the body is plain with slight depressions either side of the rivet which pierces the body. At one end, the body possesses a rounded terminal. At the other, an oval-section neck extends at right angles before terminating in a forward-facing head. The head has a pronounced moulded snout (or bill) and two rounded, but broken, lugs representing ears. A groove represents the mouth and two further grooves separate the snout from the head. The object measures 44mm in length, with the body measuring 10mm in width and a maximum of 10mm in thickness. The body and head have a height of 23mm. It weighs 25.44g.
A similar example, which is certainly a duck rather than a dog is recorded on the PAS database as WAW-698527.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 25.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 31st January 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Luddington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0983
Four figure Latitude: 52.43411834
Four figure longitude: -0.39811405
1:25K map: TL0983
1:10K map: TL08SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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