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Description: | Cast copper alloy rim fragment. This fragment is roughly semicircular in plan and is curvilinear. It is 24.46mm long, 55.7mm wide, 2.46mm thick and weighs 17.34g. The rim is plain, but the outer face of the fragment is decorated with an incised or grooved design. The design consists of a crude shield shape, divided into quarters. The upper right quadrant is decorated with an upward pointing chevron, the upper left with a central vertical line, whilst the lower two quadrants are partial and unclear. A series of roughly grooved lines radiate outwards from the shield. The inner face of the fragment is plain. The original surface survives with a mid green patina. Break edges are worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The curvature of the fragment suggests that the mouth of the vessel had an original diameter of only 8cm. The profile of the fragment does not seem to fit with that of a ewer (see Finds Research Group, data sheet 7), so it maybe from another type of vessel, perhaps a cup. This fragment is medieval to post medieval in date. Copper alloy vessel fragments of this date are very common finds, though few are decorated. A parallel could not be found for the object recorded here, but another decorated fragment is recorded from Suffolk as SFBD0473.
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