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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy probe or spoon probe of Roman date. Ony the terminal and a short length of the shaft from the probe end of the object survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The shaft is cylindrical in form with pitted dark green patina and terminates at one end in old breaks. At the top of the shaft is the integrally cast probe, which is circular in section, oval shaped in form and with a dark green pitted patina. The entire object measures 32.42mm in length, the probe measures 10.86mm in length, 4.55mm in diameter, the shaft measures 2.22mm in diameter and the entire object weighs 1.62g.This is the probe end from an incomplete Roman probe or spoon probe. Similar, more complete parallels are noted from Colchester (Crummy, 1983: nos. 1926-1940) and indicate a Roman date for the current example, c.43-410 AD.
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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