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Description: | The base and some fragments of a Roman copper alloy vessel; a patera (pan or skillet) dating from the late 1st or early 2nd century. There are a number of tiny body sherds, including some belonging to the rim, which was a simple everted, rolled-over form. The base is thick with concentric circular ribbing on the underside, with varying spaces between the ribs. The smooth dark bworn patina on the base is flaking off to reveal bright green metal. Compare NCL-335745, NCL-33CC76 and GLO-048BB1.There was a wide range of copper alloy vessels available in the Roman Empire and patarae were just one type; still this type of vessel performed a number of functions. Some paterae are shallow, circular vessels, which were used to contain liquids for sacrificial or domestic purposes (Mills 2000). It seems likely that they were used for ceremonial purposes. They are often found with ornate metal jugs (British Museum 1922). The very elaborate vessels such as the Staffordshire moorlands pan (WMID-3FE965) were non-functional and are likely to have been souvenirs of Hadrian's Wall or commemorative issues awarded to an individual. On the other hand, simpler forms such as this example were carried by roman soldiers as part of their standard kit and used as a general cooking and eating utensils. The pronounced concentric rings were a feature and may have added heating (Bishop and Coulston, 1993, 105) and the handles all had a hole in the end, probably for suspension. Finds such as this date to the first century AD, examples of which have been found in Caerleon and South Shields, the latter of which dates to the mid 1st century AD (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, 146-150).
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