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Description: | A fragment of cast copper-alloy ingot. This fragment is plano-convex in cross section, 69 mm in length, 43mm wide and 16mm thick and weighs 120gms. The flat upper face is rough with a surface marked by bubble eruptions and swirling patterns caused by the cooling of the molten metal. The convex lower face is uneven, roughly pitted and porous, with innumerable pin-prick bubbles and with a number of small concave depressions. The broken edges are rough and slightly worn. The surviving original edge has a rounded profile that in plan view represents approximately one third of a whole circular ingot. However the cross section of the ingot tapers toward a point at the broken edges showing that this fragment may be as much as one half of the original ingot. The metal is well preserved and has a light green surface patina.
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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