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Description: | A complete lead alloy vessel repair (pot mend) of Roman to Medieval dating, probably between 1st to 15th Centuries AD.The vessel repair is irregularl in plan and cross section. It consists of two sub oval 'plugs' of lead either side (sandwiching) a sherd of pottery (now missing). The repair would have originally been 'H' shape in construction, with a central rivet and two radiating arms either side of the ceramic vessel, to seal the hole and repair the broken vessel.Due to the absence of any surviving pottery, it is hard to determine whether this vessel repair is Roman or Medieval in dating, as the same method of repairing ceramic vessels was practised during both periods.The vessel repair measures 43.22mm in length, 34.28mm wide and 10.85 mm thick. It weighs 43.1 grams.
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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