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'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount 'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount 'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount 'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount 'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount 'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount
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LOT 0309

'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount

CIRCA 100 B.C.-300 A.D.

2 5/8 in. (80.8 grams, 68 mm).

A substantial head with a convex front and concave back with a loop above, pierced eye sockets to accept glass inserts with one in situ; large projecting horns curving forwards in front of the ears; remains of two ferrous rivets to the reverse.

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector near North Yorkshire, UK, in 3 August 2020, by Mark Didlick.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-76CAE2.

Literature

Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme record nos.SF-536544, SOM-2F31A3, LVPL2152, WAW-DCDC43, WAW-F4DF95, for bucket fittings of BV Group 9b (two rivet); cf. also the British Museum, accession no.1962,0706.1, for a bucket fitting of same type; see also Portable Antiquities Scheme reference nos.LEIC-EF14F5 and FAKL-DE7417, for eye inserts.

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LOT 0309

'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820

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