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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age tankard handle consisting of the 'mount' and the top curve of the handle.The 'mount' is semi-circular in shape and measures 28.5x16mm. It has a central piercing 2mm in diameter surrounded by a 9.5mm diameter circular raised rounded area - the mount (which is raised here) slopes into this on either side.Projecting from the mount are two arms which extend out of the raised areas that slope towards the circular area and join to create the handle with an openwork triangle between, just below the circular area. The handle projects outwards then downwards before the (ancient) break. Just as it slopes downward there is a moulded rib 7mm thick horizontally acrosss the bow of the handle (and visible on the reverse of the handle as a smooth raised bump). It has a deep groove running across it. Below this the handle divides again into two triangular-sectioned arms with slightly hollowed backs.The reverse of the mount is hollowed, a 1x1mm rim of the mount being upstanding. This would have attached to the tankard, with the aid of a rivet.Measures 36.5mm in length and weighs 13.01g. Cf SF2374 and NMGW-EB2CB6, examples similar in their openwork style.
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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