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Description: | A fragment of Roman copper-alloy possible vessel handle (AD 43-410) in the form of a bird's head with long curving neck, perhaps a swan. The break across the neck (oval in cross-section) is old and worn. All original patina is lost.The fragment is curving in profile and has an elongated beak which is slightly up-turned with pointed tip. Grooved decoration, some of it curvilinear, is only just apparent behind the head (due to wear).Measures 25.73mm in height, 28.90mm in length, 8.65x6.35mm in cross-section at the worn break, narrowing to 9.46x4.89 at the head. It weighs 9.01g.These objects have also been identified as fragments of cart fittings for reign guides. For example, see finds recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database: BH-EC55C8; HAMP-48C465; IOW-B8B014; LEIC-FAFDD1; LIN-565C52; NLM-596735; SF-757CE6; SUSS-37ADE6; SWYOR-62F4B1and WMID4346. Similar examples are published and illustrated in Crummy, Colchester Archaeological report 2 1971-1979 (1983) p. 71-72, refs: 2035, 3036, 2037.
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