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TANKARD
Unique ID: DOR-EA34FA
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete handle from an Iron Age tankard dating to the period c. 100 BC - AD 43. The handle features an old break at the top, below which it consists of a series of moulded shapes consisting of two moulded sub-oval shaped with central sub-triangular perforations separated by a rectangular moulded ridge. Below this is a further rectangular ridge. The foot extends from the bottom of this and flares out along its length, terminating in a sub-oval shape. The foot features a circular perforation within which sits a corroded iron rivet which is also visible on the reverse and terminates in an old break where it would have attached to the body of the tankard. The handle is curved along its length.
The tankard handle measures 41.60mm in length, 18.89mm maximum width, 7.59mm minimum width, is 6.85mm thick and weighs 18.09g.
Cf. Jackson, R, 1990, pp.44, no. 199 - 122 for similar examples.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.6 mm
Width: 18.89 mm
Thickness: 6.85 mm
Weight: 18.09 g
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Other reference: GCD
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Gussage St. Michael
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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