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Description: | Surface metal analysis undertaken at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the lump of 96%, with copper and trace levels of gold and lead.The find consists of an irregular lump of melted silver with pitted and abraded surfaces. It is possibly metal-working debris, but it has no recorded archaeological context.Examination under magnification did not reveal any features to indicate that the metal had been melted down from any recognisable object type. The metal composition could have originated at any period between the Roman period through to the early ninteenth century, though the trace levels of gold are more indicative of a medieval or Roman date.Barry Ager
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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