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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy bowl escutcheon. This object takes the form of a curved bar with sub-circular section. Either end of the bar is damaged and tapered. One tapered end, though worn, seems complete, whilst the other, though also tapered, is clearly truncated. Half way along the object is an integral, upright, sub-circular loop, which also curves in line with the bar. It is damaged and the top portion of the loop is missing. Towards one end of the bar is a rivet- like knop, though it is not certain what function it performed. The object is abraded and pitted. The original surface, where it survives, is dark green, otherwise the object is light green within the pits. Break edges are worn smooth, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. It is 63.08mm long and 5.92mm thick. The loop has a surviving height of 19.52mm from the bottom of the bar. It weighs 16.48g. A parallel can be seen in Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, The Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman Fort, number3.732. This, and other cited examples, are noted to have come from 2nd century vessels, which is probably also the case for this object.
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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