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MOUNT
Unique ID: LIN-F21DD7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy mount in the form of a human head, dating to the Roman period. The mount has an incomplete flat rectangular shank broken at a rivet hole. The complete end turns upwards and forms the neck and head of the figure. The head has large pointed oval eyes and a small moulded nose. The mouth is shown by a large pointed oval perimeter. The face is long and thin, and the figure's hair is straight, depicted by incised or moulded lines. The hair is straight across the fringe and extends down the head to just below the mouth. The base of the hair flicks out. It is difficult to determine what gender the figure is supposed to represent.
The shank is angled from the neck at approximately 45 degrees.
Class: Anthropomorphic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 10 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Wickenby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0983
Four figure Latitude: 53.332694
Four figure longitude: -0.364647
1:25K map: TF0983
1:10K map: TF08SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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