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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy handle escutcheon from a jug or handled vessel. The mount forms the base of the handle and acted as the attachment to the vessel. It is drop shaped with a rounded top and the sides narrowing to a point at the bottom. The reverse is plain and concave. The front is convex and decorated a raised figure of a cupid or putti (a naked baby boy with spread wings). It is 48.1mm long, 28.3mm wide and 10.2mm thick. From the top rises the stub of a narrow oval handle, 5.8mm wide by 5.0mm thick.The mount is highly worn and corroded with several large chips lost from one side. It weighs 31.55 grams. While such mounts are generally dated to the Roman period c.43-410 AD other finds on this site suggest it was in use from c.43-200 AD.
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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