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Description: | A copper alloy bell dating to the Roman period. The bell is conical and missing the clapper. There is an integral loop at the top of the object which has been broken.The bottom of the object is decorated with two concentric raised lines. The object is damaged, there is corrosion where the clapper would have been and the bottom has been broken. The metal is dark brown with some areas of staining. It weighs 15.5g and measures 26.15mm in height. The diameter of the bottom is 28.58mm and is 2.16mm thick. For a parrallel see Crummy, N. (1983) Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Small Finds, Colchester Archaeological Trust: 127, no. 4168.
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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