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Description: | Fragment of a Roman cast copper-alloy swivel fitting, thought to be from an oil flask. The piece consists of the central part of the swivel with two suspension hooks. At the centre is an oval section with straight top and bottom edges and convex sides. It is circular in section and has a circular hole running through from top to bottom. A bar would have run through this central element from base to top and joined the base to an upper element allowing them to swivel on the bar. Flanking the central element are two integral curved hooks, which extend out at 180 degrees to each other. Both have a thickened end running up the side of the central section and then and curl around and end with a flat topped terminal. The hooks are relatively thick and triangular in section with a ridge running down the outer side. The terminals are thin, oval in plan and project out at 60 degrees to the ends of the arms. The entire piece is 29.7m wide, 12.2mm tall excluding the iron, and 7.5mm thick; it weighs 5.28 grams.Various similar but more complete and decorative oil flask swivels have been recorded onto the PAS database including BERK-B61561 and a distinctly enamelled piece, DENO-54B3D1. A complete example is illustrated by Liversage (1968, 137) where it is suggested the hooks would have held a pair of suspension chains. However, this is not from a secure context and pending the identification of a example in context this interpretation remains tentative.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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