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Description: | Small oval lead dish, now crushed flat. The base appears to measure about 34 x 25 mm, and has relief decoration; there is a border of short radiating lines, and then some pellets around the centre as well as a visible casting seam. The sides of the dish were perhaps 11 mm tall. These small lead cups may have had a variety of uses. Many are D-shaped, with a flat back fitted with loops or holes for attachment to the bars of a bird's cage. One was found on the Thames foreshore with dice within, so it was perhaps being used as a shaking cup. They all appear to be medieval in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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