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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy handle from a tankard of probable late Iron Age date. The fragment represents the upper part of the handle. At the top is a horizontal attachment, which would have served to join the handle to the vessel. It has an inner face which is angled at approximately 45 degrees. It is divided into two halves by a central vertical groove which extends downwards into the main body of the handle. The left hand side (as you look at it) terminates in a vertical decorative band containing a repeating pattern of horizontal incisions. The right hand side is damaged and has a small copper-alloy rivet in situ. The left hand side has the rivet hole but is missing the rivet. The upper section of the handle proper gives way below to a drop-shaped loop of circular section. At the base of this loop is a horizontal decorative band containing the same decoration as seen on the attachment. The handle is broken off below this but probably consisted of a second loop above a base ring. The object has become severely bent, damaged and corroded. It measures 39.8mm high by 30.3mm wide and 4.4mm thick. It weighs 9.19g
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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