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Description: | Four very small cast copper alloy fragment dating from the Roman period, i.e. c. AD43-410. The fragments are undiagnostic, but have probably come of bier or furniture fittings/mounts. They are very small and fragile and weigh, together, c. 0.95g. The longest fragment measures 21mms. The longest fragment is curved, with a rectangular cross-section, and may have been part of a ring handle or harness fitting. The other three fragments are very small, thin and fragile. They are curved/domed and it they may have been part of copper alloy bier or cart mounts. The fragment were all burnt on the funeral pyre and were then added to the cremation, either inside a vessel or scattered around the urns. However, they were not found in situ and can no longer be associated with a certain grave.
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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