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Description: | LeadVessel Repairs. Five cast pot mends (a-e), all with the distinctively tidy finish thought to indicate a Roman date. All formed plugs for holes in ceramic vessels; the vessel walls thus mended are typically thin, so this was probably a practice to prolong the life of finer tableware. Dimensions and weights as follow:(a): Diameter: 22mm, Thickness: 8.5mm, Weight: 26gms, vessel wall thickness: 4.6mm.(b): Length: 23mm, Thickness: 9.3mm, Weight: 18.02gms, vessel wall thickness: 2.1mm, with a crumb of trapped orange fabric.(c): Length: 23.8mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 16.06gms, vessel wall thickness: 2.4mm, with trapped orange fabric.(d): Diameter: 18.4mm, Thickness: 7.7mm, Weight: 13.21gms, vessel wall thickness: 2mm.(e): Diameter: 16mm, Thickness: 4.1mm, Weight: 3.93gms, vessel wall thickness: 1.7mm.Combined Weight: 77.24gms.
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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