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• Object type: plug
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Image	Object Type	Find number	Broadperiod	County	Actions
	Plug	YORYM-157EB4	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml | csv json
A cast lead alloy pot repair plug of possible Roman date. The repair would have been used to fix a hole in a large vessel most probably made of copper alloy as there are no signs of iron corrosion. The plug has an irregular shape with a deep groove around the edge. The metal is a dark whitish-gre...
	Plug	YORYM-32FF43	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml | csv json
A cast lead alloy possible pot repair plug of probable Roman date. The repair would have been used to fix a hole in a vessel most probably made of copper alloy as there are no signs of iron corrosion. The base of the repair is roughly teardrop shaped in plan with a narrow rectangular section. A s...
	Plug	YORYM-318C77	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml | csv json
A cast lead alloy pot repair plug of possible Roman date. The repair would have been used to fix a hole in a large vessel most probably made of copper alloy as there are no signs of iron corrosion. The base of the repair is sub-oval in plan with a narrow D-shaped section. A large bulbous knop pro...
	Plug	BERK-3E6DD7	Roman	Warwickshire	xml | csv json
A lead alloy pot-mender, possibly Roman? Probably for a copper alloy vessel as there is no indication of any iron corrosion or staining. The pot-mender is sub-circular with a rough and uneven reverse, and would have been fitted into a hole in the vessel and moulded closed to prevent any liquid fr...
	Plug	NARC-08D9B6	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
Lead potmender, irregular profile, expedient manufacture. Roman - postmedieval date.
	Plug	NARC-08D701	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
Lead potmender, Roman - post-medieval date. Unusually, this object contains an iton component. Potmenders were produced from whatever appropriate material was to hand, so this should perhaps not be surprising.
	Plug	NARC-07ED44	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
Lead potmender. Such plugs are common in the post medieval period. but extend back into the Middle Ages and Roman period. Their form is simple and controlled by function, rendering them difficult to date closely.
	Plug	NARC-43D567	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
A cylindrical lead plug or stopper. It weighs 20g, is 33mm long, and has a diameter of ??. The plug has a smooth, cylindrical body, with a rounded tip and a splayed head where it has been flattened out, presumably to seal the fit in a bottle of vessel. Unlike more ad hoc 'potmenders' this exam...
	Plug	NARC-AC7310	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
An irregular, broadly circular piece of lead used to mend a pot, measuring 26.6mm in diameter (at widest point), 9.7mm in thickness, and weighing 15g. These objects lack features that are chronologically diagnostic, and may date between the Roman and medieval periods.
	Plug	NARC-BC9AA3	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
Lead moulded plug for a broken vessel. The plug is narrow in the centre where it fitted against the vessel and expands to either side to plug the gap. Such plugs were in use from the Roman period or earlier until the post-medieval period, and as such are not easily dated outside stratified archae...
	Plug	NARC-6D5621	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
A lead plug for repairing a ceramic vessel. Such plugs were in use from the Roman period through to the post-medieval period and without pottery intact are impossible to date. The plug measures 39.3 x 33.6 and is 13.4 mm thick. There is a groove around the centre of the plug where the plug was mo...
	Plug	NLM6269	Roman	North Lincolnshire	xml | csv json
probably a plug used to repair a hole in a pot. Similar pieces were found at excavations such as Rudston Roman Villa. Therefore the object may be of Roman date.