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Description: | A lead alloy probable vessel escutcheon filling / adhesive dating to the Roman period. The object is tear-drop shaped in plan with a flat face and curved reverse. There are several similar items recorded on this database that shows how these were encased by a copper alloy escutcheon, and presumably acted as an adhesive to attached the escutcheon to a lerger vessel, See for example DUR-838BB5, YORYM-67F775, GLO-166FE4 and BERK-873B70. There are several tear-droped shaped lead objects that have been recorded as medieval or post-medieval weights, but without the additional copper alloy casing. It would appear therefore that objects of this size and shape are actually Roman vessel escutcheon fills rather than later weights.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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