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Description: | A cast copper-alloy object, probably an incomplete jug lid of Roman date. It is trefoil shaped, retangular in section and flat but with a slight downwards curve to each side. At the top(?) edge of the object between two of the side fleurs/foils is an area of damage and corrosion that may have originally been where a suspension loop or similar means of attachment were located. Towards the base(?) of the plate there is a central circlar perforation. The front face of the object is relatively well finished with a dark green patina and traces of post-depositional damage and corrosion, while the back face has been left unevenly finished and relatively rought to the touch. It measures 40.90mm in length, 49.10mm in width, 3.93mm in thickness and 29.91g in weight.This is an incomplete object of probable Roman date. It finds a close parallel in an incomplete copper-alloy trefoil shaped jug lid from Colchester (Crummy, 1983: no. 2048) and, if it is indeed missing a suspension loop at the top, this may indicate it is of similar date and function. This would suggest a Roman date, c.43-410 AD, for the current object.
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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