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Description: | A fragment from the rim of a cast copper alloy vessel of Roman date. It has a sharply everted rim beneath which there are two incised parallel circumferential lines. Below the lines the wall of the vessel curves outwards to a prominent shoulder before terminating in old breaks. Other than the incised lines there is apparently no further decoration on interior or exterior faces. The fragment measures 23.95mm in height, 34.39mm in width, 0.95mm in thickness, weighs 3.95g, and the complete vessel would originally have had a diameter of approximately 140mm. A similar rim form is noted on a complete Roman copper alloy patera from South Shields and dated to the mid-1st century AD (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984: no. 3.358). A bowl rim of similar shape is also recorded at the same site (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984: no. 3.364). This suggests the current fragment is of Roman rather than later date, and probably from a bowl or similar shaped vessel.
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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