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Description: | Lead pot mend. The mend is roughly circular and contains a small fragment of a reddish-orange shell tempered ceramic. The ceramic would seem to be medieval in date, but with so little remaining a Roman date is not unlikely either. The base of the mend is completely flat. The top of the mend, which would have sat on the inside of the vessel, is concave. On this concave surface is a very clear textile or weave impression. It is possible that the mend was on the base of the vessel, hence the flat base. One could also presume that if the repair was carried with the lead in a semi-molten state then the impression is of a cloth-covered rod (or similar) fed into the vessel to apply pressure to the mend. Alternatively if the mend needed to be lightly hammered from the inside, the cloth would distribute the force and reduce the risk of shattering the vessel.
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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