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Roman copper alloy ox head escutcheon
Mount in the form of an oxhead, two horns projecting frontally from the object at the point of its maximum width. The face tapers into a long nose terminating in the lower loop. The large loop above the oxhead probably held one end of a handle. The mount is from a bucket or other vessel.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.10H/3.8
Find Information
Site Name: Usk Detention Centre, Usk
Grid Reference: SO 3801 0057
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1970
Notes: unstratified, Priory Garden (?)
Measurements
length / mm:44
width / mm:18
thickness / mm:11
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