ESS-1CB583: Lead Roman pot mend with fragment of shell tempered ware vessel

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Unique ID: ESS-1CB583

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A lead plug or pot mend for a ceramic vessel. On one side is a flat irregular sub oval surface, measuring 20.1mm by 15.18mm. On the other side is a smaller oval plug 16.84mm by 11.44mm. The two plugs are joined by an integral irregular ‘neck’ making the object 11.16mm long. The object weighs 10.30g. Sandwiched between the two plugs is a fragment of the original ceramic vessel. This has a black core that is clearly shell tempered. Dr Paul Sealey kindly suggested that this would date the vessel to the 4th century. Pot mends used melted lead to fill holes in damaged ceramic vessels, allowing the lead to overlap the broken edges.

Class: Pot mend

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 11.16 mm
Weight: 10.3 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: ID 4572

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead

Spatial metadata

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

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

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

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