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Description: | Roman copper alloy vessel lid? 55mm long, 40mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 24.53grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in section it has four small sub-rectangular protrusions arranged around its circumference, two on each side of the fittings which consist a small hinge and a transversely placed catch. The catch is sub rectangular in form with a slight rounded protrusion in one outer corner. It has two circular holes, a smaller one in the opposite outer corner and a larger one near the centre. The object is decorated with a pattern formed of small ring and dot motifs. These are arranged in the form of a cross which is aligned to have one arm running from the hinge to the catchwith each terminal having a small cross motif . The cross is cut through diagonally by a line with terminals which curve back on themselves forming a double Chi-Rho motif.
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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