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LOT 0598
Romano-British Bronze Vulva Mount
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.54 grams, 27 mm).
Rectangular panel with curved long edges, raised boss with vertical slit representing a vulva, two mounting lugs to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id.SF-44A9A3; Appels, A. & Laycock, S., Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, p.125, for similar 'vulva' motif on a belt mount AA14.43.
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