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VESSEL
Unique ID: BERK-7BC1A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy probable vessel escutcheon filling / adhesive dating to the Roman period. The object is tear-drop shaped in plan with a flat face and curved reverse. There are several similar items recorded on this database that shows how these were encased by a copper alloy escutcheon, and presumably acted as an adhesive to attached the escutcheon to a lerger vessel, See for example DUR-838BB5, YORYM-67F775, GLO-166FE4 and BERK-873B70. There are several tear-droped shaped lead objects that have been recorded as medieval or post-medieval weights, but without the additional copper alloy casing. It would appear therefore that objects of this size and shape are actually Roman vessel escutcheon fills rather than later weights.
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 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 78.1 mm
Width: 47.4 mm
Thickness: 14.6 mm
Weight: 276 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014 - Tuesday 9th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.633
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Minster Lovell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3210
Four figure Latitude: 51.78774803
Four figure longitude: -1.53747714
1:25K map: SP3210
1:10K map: SP31SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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