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VESSEL
Unique ID: LANCUM-B496FB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete cast copper alloy vessel mount, possibly from a bucket or larger vessel, dating from the Roman period, that is c. AD43-410. The mount is solid-cast and teardrop-shaped, with a broken loop at the top. It is plain on the reverse, where it was soldered to the vessel, but there are two vertical mouldings on the obverse, possibly indicating folded-up bird wings. In this case, the handle would have been the neck and head of the bird, curving round the (missing) handle. The tail/tip of the tear-drop shape is broken off and missing,
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Height: 18 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Weight: 41.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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