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NMGW-D55D55: Drop Handle

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HELMET

Unique ID: NMGW-D55D55

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy drop-handle, missing both its terminals. Lozenge shape in section with lower front face decorated by a row of dots with a groove and a notched ridge to either side, and a series of transverse grooves at either end. Probably Roman, it is of about the right size to have served as a carrying handle on the neck-guard of a helmet (Robinson 1975, 48 fig.80), but could also be a handle of a box (Lloyd-Morgan 1997, 250 no.59).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 59.1 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Leigh (Civil Parish)

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Lloyd-Morgan, G. 1997 Objects of Copper Alloy and Silver London 250 no.59
Russell Robinson, H. 1974 The armour of imperial Rome London Arms and Armour Press 48 fig.80

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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