ESS-153B31: Copper alloy Roman furniture fitting, top view

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FURNITURE FITTING

Unique ID: ESS-153B31

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy Roman mount, probably a furniture fitting or similar. The mount is circular in plan and domed in section. The main domed portion of the mount is decorated around the bottom edge with two deep grooved lines, but is otherwise plain. Extending from the top of the dome is a circular sectioned projection that terminates in an integral globular knop, delineated from the shaft by a circumfral-grooved line. To the flat underside of the mount are the remains of an iron shaft, now obscured by iron corrosion product. The mount is worn and abraded. Tiny traces of the original surface survive with a dark green patina, otherwise the object is now mid green with patches of bright green. The mount is 22.58mm long, of which 8.78mm is the projection (of which 4.96mm is the terminal). The mount is 17.4mm in diameter and weighs 20.45g. Similar mounts can be see in Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, The catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman fort, numbers 3.734-6.An almost exact, but slightly larger and better executed mount was found in the same area and recorded as ESS1579B3.

Class: Mount

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.58 mm
Weight: 20.45 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: ID 4107

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
To be known as: Sible Hedingham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Allason-Jones, L. and Miket, R.	1984	Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort	Gloucester	Society of Antiquaries of London		3.734-6.

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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