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Description: | A copper-alloy patera of early Roman date, late 1st to early 2nd century.The vessel is largely incomplete, with only the base and some substantial fragments of the rim and body remaining.There are a number of body sherds, including those belonging to the rim, which was a simple everted, rolled-over form. Below the simple everted rim is a slight concave, narrowed neck, which flares outward at the base where it meets the top of the body. There is a decorated incised band at the top of the body consisting of triangular panels formed by a slightly convex band. The centre of the panels has 3 parallel incised lines running vertically from the tip to the base. The triangles are side-by-side, and emerging from the meeting bases in between each triangle is a simple incised plant with four leaves/petals. The upper and lower boundaries of the decorated band are distinguished by a slightly raised border. In profile, the body is curved from rim to base.The base is thick with concentric circular ribbing on the underside, with varying spaces between the ribs.There is slight traces of silvering or tinning on the internal surface of the vessel.Total weight: 496.8gBase weight: 270gFragment weight: 226.8gDiameter at base: 124mmThickness rim: 2.66mmThickness body: 1.55mm
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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