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Description: | A cast copper alloy object of uncertain function. It is square in section tapering towards the terminal ends, and with a small suspension loop with circular perforation that presumably extended upwards from the main body of the object. In plan it is crescent shaped. There is no apparent decoration but there is evidence of some wear at the top of the suspension loop. The object measures 37.03mm in width, 11.42mm in height, 3.38mm in thickess, and weighs 3.30g.The precise use for this object is not immediately apparent. In shape it at first resembles Iron Age and Romano British cosmetic pestles, however its plan, curvature and flat base indicate this is unlikely. Likewise, although it is of similar size and shape to Roman phallic amulets, it lacks any detail or decoration that might be expected. A possibility is that this object acted as an escutcheon for a bronze bowl, a similar, but much larger, example of 2nd century AD date is noted from excavations in South Shields (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984: pp. 216, no. 732). However, there is little trace of anything to indicate how it would have been affixed and the join between this object and the vessel would have been relatively weak. This example is of possible Roman date, although a later date through to the Post-Medieval period cannot at present be ruled out.
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