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Description: | Decorated lead chalice or cup, possibly with a religious function. The chalice is broken into several pieces and is very crushed and compressed (presumably) from deposition and buriel. It is difficult to determine the shape of the chalice but it appears to have at least three legs (that are triangular in shape with a central rib) and two small handles, probably one on each side of the vessel. The handles are square in section and bent at a right angle, each measures approximately 11mm in length and appears to be attached close to the rim of the vessel. It is possible that the vessel may have been shaped like a minature cauldron. The vessel has a band of decoration just below the rim but this is very worn. Across the centre of the vessel there is a border with an inscription only a small amount of which is legible, the few letters that can be deciphered read: M[ ][D]V[?]A[?]. The pieces of the vessel weigh 37.16g altogether, the legs each measure approximately 14mm in length. Height and width measurements are impossible to give as the object is so compressed. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1100
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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