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Description: | Roman copper alloy vessel lid from a jug, probably of 1st century AD dateThe jug is represented by the lid, which is heavily-corroded with extensive peripheral corrosion (with a surviving length of 36.6mm, a surviving width of 30.2mm and a weight of 12.9g). The lid was likely to have been of rounded trefoil form and is slightly convex across its length. The lid appears the gradually thickened to its midpoint (with a maximum thickness of 4.3mm). The start of the looped lug for the hinge is evident (with a surviving depth of 6.8mm). At the centre is a damaged sub-triangular projection (with an overall surviving height of 13.1mm and a width of 45.2mm), presumably the remnants of a handle. The original surface has been lost with patches of pale-green corrosion and areas of bright-green active corrosion.The lid can be paralleled with examples recovered from the excavations at Usk (Webster, 1995, p 192-194) ; four hinged lids were excavated of rounded-trefoil form but with separate, riveted handle knob, one of which resembles a dolphin. Three of the Usk lids were recovered from Neronian contexts (mid 1st century AD). An example excavated at Colchester (Crummy 1983, p 73, no. 2049) was recovered from a late 1st century AD context.
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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