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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy tankard handle dating to the Late Iron Age or early Roman period (300 BC - 200 AD). The fragment consists of the handle and one (of the two) attachment plates. The handle of the tankard is a pointed oval (leaf shaped) in plan and broadly D shaped in cross section. The upper edge of the handle tapers to a blunt point. This point turns through 90° to the plane of the handle and is broadly oval in cross section. The end of this point then expands to form a relatively flat oval plate. The attachment plate has an integral projecting lug this would have attached the handle to the tankard. The lug is corroded. The terminal has broken away from the opposite end of the object which now terminates in a rounded point. The central area of the handle has a recessed groove which expands from each terminal forming an elongated lentoid panel. Within the groove are three deposits of enamel which probably filled the entire groove originally. The colour of the enamel is unclear as there is corroded material over it. From the small amount that can be seen it appears to be black. The handle has a mottled dark green to light brown patina. These types of handles were seen from Iron Age through to the Roman period. A similar example can be found in Macgregor, M: Early Celtic Art in Northern Britain 2 vols) Leicester [ vol: Vol 2 ref: 291]. Other examples on the database are HESH-7757A4 and LVPL-D87285.
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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