clamp; animal equipment; religious/ritual equipment

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clamp; animal equipment; religious/ritual equipment

Object Type: clamp; animal equipment; religious/ritual equipment
Museum number: 1856,0701.33
Description: Copper alloy ornamented clamp. Composed of two shanks, originally united at top by moveable joint. The shanks are serrated on the inside, except at the handle. The exterior sides are covered with busts of deities and heads of animals. The top of the right limb is surmounted by a bust of Cybele, that of the left by Juno. On the semi-circular parts are heads of horses; each of the four shanks is decorated with four busts, and the head of a bull; the handles terminate in lion heads. The deites are Saturn, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Vesta.
Cultures/periods: Romano-British
Findspot: Found/Acquired: London (England); Found/Acquired: Thames, River (1840)
Materials: copper alloy
Technique: cast
Bibliographic references: Roman Britain 1964 / Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain (p. 60, pl. 24.1, top left); Hobbs & Jackson 2010 / Roman Britain Life at the Edge of Empire (p. 114, fig. 88)
Location: On display (G49/dc19)
Subjects: cattle; classical deity; horse/ass; wild cat/big cat
Associated names: Representation of: Cybele; Representation of: Hera/Juno; Representation of: Kronos/Saturn; Representation of: Apollo; Representation of: Artemis/Diana; Representation of: Ares/Mars; Representation of: Hermes/Mercury; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter; Representation of: Aphrodite/Venus; Representation of: Hestia/Vesta
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Charles Roach Smith
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1856,0701.33

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