Roman Copse Field - Day 5 - AMAZING FIND

[CRUSADER]

Cru'Dad & I spent 6.5 hours finishing off gridding the site, over the last few days we systematically gridded about 16 acres. We had double the runs this year to push the limits of the site & that tactic paid off big time!
The Romano-Celtic or Roman Bulls Head was very deep & out of shallow plough range in no-mans land, nothing else close to it, but it was halfway between 2 Roman Sites.

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1st BC- 1st C AD Celtic Bull's Head Bowl/Bucket Mount - whatever its function its one of my best artefact finds in a very long time.

 

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[Bill D. (VA)]

I don't know anything about that bull's head artifact, but if you'remember impressed then so am I. Very cool!

 

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[CRUSADER]

British Museum - Image gallery: hanging bowl

I think that there used to be 3 of these Bulls Head on the hanging Bowl & it was 'maybe' used in a ritual way. The Bull has strong sacrificial links. This was not a bucket mount for the average Celtic to fill up water from the river.

 

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[CRUSADER]

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At this point, I'm not sure a whole example with the Bulls Head exists. Very possible the British Museum hasn't got one.

 

[vince76]

Congrats for making me envy you [emoji31][emoji31][emoji31]

 

[CRUSADER]

OK, I awaited an expert opinion & didn't get what I hoped for or expected. So, JamieD, thanks for your researching time & you pretty much cemented most of my thoughts:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/535869
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/727469
British Museum - Image gallery: hanging bowl
Celtic Grave Goods

''Bowls of this type and quality are very rare and could only be afforded by rich and powerful.''
"Buckets, cauldron, bowls and strainers were very important as ritual objects."
"A direct parallel for this mount has not been found though similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database"

 

[cambria09]

Hello CRUSADER. Yep "Amazing" is an understatement...excellent find. Thanks for posting it and good luck. C9