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Description: | A copper alloy incomplete unidentified object. This object consists of a cast semi-circular hollow 'bowl' with integral parallel cast lugs. The 'bowl' measures 39mm in maximum rim diameter and 21mm in height. Internally it measures 14.8mm in depth and 32.4mm in rim diamater. At 6mm down inside the 'bowl' there is a ledge. The cast lugs each have a cylindrical horizontal copper alloy rivet through them. A complete shaft is attached via its integral loop to one set of lugs via this rivet and a fragment of another shaft survives within the other set of lugs. The complete shaft is rectangular in plan measuring 32mm in length and 9mm in width. It flares in thickness towards it ends. The terminal end has a central circular hole measuring 3mm in diameter. The shaft is currently projecting from the side of the 'bowl' at 90 degrees although originally the lugs and open loop would have allowed it to move freely.
No parallel could be found for this object. It may have functioned as a cup weight of some kind or was perhaps used in metal working. Its date is unknown, although as it was discovered in the same area as Roman finds it is perhaps most likely to be Roman in date. | 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: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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