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Description: | Part of Romano-British handle of copper alloy jug or flagon. Lower end of round-sectioned handle integral with an ovoid attachment plate decorated with a palm leaf motif in the form of gadroons on both sides of a median arris, and with a forwards projecting rounded knob at the base. The concave reverse curves both longitudinally and laterally to fit the shape of the vessel's shoulder. In the centre of the reverse an integral fixing stud. Several parts of the surfaces are obscured by corrosion products. Length >54mm. Width 21.5mm. Handle diameter 8mm. Stud diameter 5mm. Many such Roman handle attachments are decorated with elaborately moulded busts (e.g. Tassinari 1975 pl. XXIX - XXXVIII), but some carry simple foliar designs (e.g. ibid. pl. XXXVII no.191; Bishop and Dore 1988, fig. 81 no. 103).
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