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Description: | An incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman cast copper-alloy vessel foot possibly from a bucket (c. AD 25-c. AD 150). The object is roughly semi-circular in plan and the outer arc has a diameter of about 40.0mm. At the side of this arc it is bevelled from tip to tip. Both bevels have numerous file marks. On the opposite side to this arc there are two evenly-spaced semicircular indentations. These also have numerous file marks. In between these indentations there is an oblique ragged break. In side view it tapers from the break towards the arc. At the break the width is 9.6mm and the width at the arc is 5.8mm. Each face is smooth and shiny and has a dark green patina. Both faces have numerous scratch marks, some of which may be the result of filing or fettling. There are some small areas of corrosion overall. The break looks old but is not patinated.Height: 33.6mm; width: 46.6mm; thickness: 9.6mm. Weight: 50.87g.For similar examples, see Portable Antiquities Scheme finds: LEIC-055A12; SF-3BBE26; SUSS-85A5E2 and SUSS-EA12D2.These are related to one at Caerleon (Fortress Baths, Vol II 1986, 174, no 8). The publication calls the type 'common' and cites examples from Richborough published by Bushe-Fox and by Cunliffe, attributing the Caerleon example to the Flavian-Trajanic contexts. There is also one, on the base of the wine-strainer (beaten or spun copper alloy vessel) found in the Brandon (Suffolk) Late Iron Age hoard (c. 25-65 AD), which is in the Moyses Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds (unpublished).A similar find from Colchester found in destruction debris of Period 3 at Balkerne Lane excavations has been dated c. AD 60-c. AD 80 (Crummy 1983: 72-73, fig. 76, ref: 2051).
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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