Record ID: LVPL949 - ROMAN vessel

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VESSEL

Unique ID: LVPL949

Object type certainty: Certain

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Decorative handle from bronze bowl or dish. Sharply curving, oval in section, flattened point of attachment at bottom. The top terminates in a high relief moulded head of a cherub with hair surrounding the face. Behind the head is a thumb-stop which is quite low but may have originally been higher. Between the thumb-stop and a ridge further back is a panel of incised palmettes. The rest of the handle is plain. "Wings" extend from the cheeks of the head which would have increased the point of attachment. A groove under the chin and continuing on underside of 'wings' marks the point of attachment to the rim. One of the 'wings' is missing and the remaining wing was probably originally larger.

Notes:

Identified by Dr. Catherine Johns

Class: Handle

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Length: 47 mm
Width: 24 mm
Weight: 38.74 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration method: Incised [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North West
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
To be known as: CUMBRIA CARLISLE

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Nick Herepath - [ view all attributed records]

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