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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-8F20A5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy handle from a Roman patera or skillet. The flat handle is broken with the circular terminal which would have contained a suspension hole missing. It is 92.6mm long, 83.3mm wide and 13.4mm thick. The handle has concave ends, the wider one which would have continued into the vessel rim, and a narrower end where the missing terminal would have been. The handle is made from two pieces of metal. The top piece was probably cast with the rest of the vessel, but breaks half way along the handle. The lower piece is attached by two copper alloy rivets which pass through both pieces. It extends further towards the terminal of the handle and oddly is decorated on the face that would have been covered by the broken top piece. The decoration is a moulded double groove round the edge. The same decoration appears on the top piece. The narrower end of the handle is bent downwards which has damaged the patina. There is also extensive pitting and corrosion, but where it is undamaged the object has a beautiful glossy patina. A similar object is recorded on the database as WMID-6C2FE3, from Staffordshire, and a complete patera with a similar handle is illustrated in Allason-Jones, L, and Miket, R, 1984, 'The Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman Fort', pages 146, 149 & 150, ref no 358. This complete patera is dated to the mid 1st century AD.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Class:
patera
Sub class: handle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 80
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 92.6 mm
Width: 83.3 mm
Thickness: 13.4 mm
Weight: 107.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th October 2007 - Monday 15th October 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Shipton Thorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8542
Four figure Latitude: 53.867261
Four figure longitude: -0.708869
1:25K map: SE8542
1:10K map: SE84SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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 | 149-150 |
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