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Description: | A copper-alloy escutcheon (handle attachment) from the rim of a Late Iron Age vessel.The main portion of the object consists of a perforated block with 'lip moulding' decoration. The sides of this block are identical, each having a flat, vertical, drop-shaped outer face and a convex inner surface which slopes downwards, towards the centre. At the top of each side there is a lightly incised groove, located close to the upper edge, to which it extends parallel. A circular-sectioned aperture (blocked with a piece of copper-alloy) extends horizontally through the object, linking the two flat surfaces. At the front of the object there is a sub-triangular moulding, its base defined by a horizontal ridge, separated from the slightly curved, upward-pointing sides by a short gap. The three relief-moulded sides of this triangular feature surround a recessed field, at the centre of which there is a moulded pellet flanked by probable traces of enamel. The upper point of the triangle extends into an angular moulding which slopes downwards on the back of the central block, dividing the bases of the two 'lips'. On the underside, part of a circular-sectioned, integrally cast, rod angles forward, with the possible start of a second behind.Height: 24.7mm; width: 13.6mm; depth of block: 18.3mm; weight: 17.3g.Parallels for this object are illustrated and discussed by Spratling (1972: 222 - 223/fig. 177, nos. 386 - 388), who identifies them as handle escutcheons from metal bowls made in the early 1st century AD and possibly earlier.
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