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Description: | A copper alloy shield shaped object, possibly a fragment of a Roman tankard handle. The back of the plate is convex and may have once had a white metal coating. On the front are incised lines forming a lattice work with four complete squares. This does not appear to be decorative, and it is suggested that this was to form a key for soldering the object to another. At the top on the back is a roughened area which seems to be a break. It would seem that there was an element projecting here. It is therefore suggested that the object is a tankard handle which was soldered on to the vessel. The handle itself is missing, along with the attachment plate at the other end. It has a length of 29.63mm, width 19.61mm, thickness 20.12mm, weight 7.56g. Most handles on the database lack their attachment plates, for example DUR-D3F138 which is Iron Age and LIN-477E50 which is Roman. These type of handles were seen from Iron Age through to the Roman period. More complete examples are SF-A3A816 and NMS-113022. It seems likely that this example is Roman in date.
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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