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VESSEL

Unique ID: SF9054

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Fragment of probable handle terminal from a patera. All external edges are broken, but the circular part of the terminal survives, at least 30.5 mm in diameter and with a perforation 12.5 mm in diameter. The terminal is convex on the upper surface with a vertical wall to the central perforation which is 5 mm thick. One edge of the terminal retains a fragment of the flat handle itself, which is thin, slightly convex and at least 24 mm wide. All of the broken edges are old and worn.

Class: flat handle

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 12.5 mm
Weight: 13.53 g
Diameter: 30.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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