Bronze single crown-like prosthetic restorations of teeth from the late Roman period

Four single bronze crown-like prosthetic artefacts, most probably from the Late Roman period, are described and illustrated here. They are cubic in sh ape with triangular facets at the corners, each with a central cylindro-con ical cavity at the bottom. Within the cavities, remnants of C, P and Ca wer e found. These were probably components of some kind of bone cement, used f or adhering the bronze crowns to the tooth. These crown-like dental works c ould be early attempts to apply bronze to dental prostheses and were probab ly mainly used as jewellery for aesthetic purposes.