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Roman copper alloy terminal
Bronze terminal or handle in the form of a dog resting its head on its front paws. It may originally have been part of a folding stool.
Described by Mr Edmund Jones in 1862 as a “very elegant relic…it is the figure of a dog’s head and shoulders in bronze, and has formed a most ornamental handle of some instrument, probably of a steel, from the iron portion having been square. The workmanship is exceedingly good.”
Source: Isca Silurum or, An illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Antiquities at Caerleon by John Edward Lee. Caerleon (Wales). Museum of Antiquities; 1862.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/4.3
Find Information
Site Name: Bulmore, Caerleon
Measurements
length / mm:79.0
width / mm:27.0
thickness / mm:21.5
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