NARC-937A63: Possible Roman copper-alloy vessel fragment

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VESSEL

Unique ID: NARC-937A63

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A probable fragment from a copper-alloy vessel. The fragment appears to contain part of the rim. It is decorated with slight ridges. One surface retains slight traces of silvering or tinning and is also punched with what appears to be a copper-alloy rivet, although this does not actually pierce the inner wall. The reverse has a bar of linear decoration which is filled with rising and declining decoration, forming triangles. Attributing a date to such a fragment can be problematic, but the patina on the piece and the decoration are perhaps suggestive of a Roman date.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.4 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 8.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7053
Four figure Latitude: 52.170832
Four figure longitude: -0.977876
1:25K map: SP7053
1:10K map: SP75SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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