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Description: | Roman copper alloy vessel or furniture leg The leg is complete and has a length of 64.3mm and a weight of 15.7g. The top of the leg has an L-shaped bracket (with a length of 11.2mm and a width of 5.3mm) to support a vessel above. Remnants of a white adhesive or solder are discernible on the surfaces of the bracket. The leg is of sub-lozenge section and has an undulating curve to the foot. The front of the leg is enhanced with moulded projections near the top and incised grooves around the mid-section. At the rear of the mid-section is an incomplete loop (7.8mm diameter), the interior of which appears unfinished and may not have been visible. There is a casting flaw on the outside of the loop. The foot is slight (10.6mm long and 4.9mm wide) and projects forward. The copper alloy has good surface preservation with mid-green patina.The leg can be closely paralleled with an example excavated at Caerwent Basilica (Chapman pers. comm.; SF738 (c1525/G5062) gutter fill?, East Road, phase 4) from a 4th century context.
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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