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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy vessel escutcheon for the attachment of a handle.The lower portion, by which the escutcheon would have been attached to the metal vessel, is inverted sub-triangular in plan, terminating in a basal knop. The upper surface is convex, the underside is flat and bears traces of a white-metal solder. At the top of this lower portion is a horizontal ridge decorated with an incised herringbone pattern. Above is a short portion in which the object juts forward, the sides angling inwards. Surmounting this is an angled, sub-oval loop which displays heavy wear on the inner surface at its highest point. The object measures 37.6mm long, 17mm wide and 13.4mm deep. The weight is 11.36g.A parallel for this escutcheon was found in excavations at Verulamium (Frere 1972: fig. 41/p. 130, no. 132), in a context dated AD c. 150. For parallels on the PAS database, see NLM-52F093, SF-2BC393 and NMS-D75F24.
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