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Description: | A probable fragment from the rim of a cast copper-alloy vessel. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan, the outer edge, which is the original rim is convex in plan. The breaks of the fragment are not too recent. The rim appears to form a wide flanged rim of a dish or bowl. The underside of the exterior edge has a slight lip and is decorated with two bordering concentric grooves. This surface is covered with tinning or silvering. The upper surface has two concentric grooves, one deeper than the other, as decoration on the interior edge before the vessel wall starts. The wall is off-set to the rim and only a trace of it remains. The upper surface of the fragment has a light green/grey patina. The fragment measures 28.77mm long, 18.93mm wide, 3.19mm thick at the interior edge and weighs 5.9g. Attributing a date to such a fragment can be problematic, but the patina on the piece and the decoration suggests a Roman date. The type of vessel is not certain.
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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