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VESSEL
Unique ID: SUR-D40722
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman copper-alloy mount in the form of a fully modelled bird, apparently a duck. The bird is seated with its wings outstretched and with the head set back along its wide body. The bird has a large bill and an apparent broken suspension loop sits behind the head. Below the breast is a hook which faces back and the hollow thus formed may have been attached to a rounded bar. Hollow circular eyes and another circular hollow in the upper surface of the back suggest missing glass settings. The mount retains the remains of a white metal coating.
The mount is of uncertain original function but may have been attached to a vessel.
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 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.66 mm
Width: 21.72 mm
Thickness: 15.5 mm
Weight: 12.32 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 16-566
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: North Waltham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5745
Four figure Latitude: 51.20137869
Four figure longitude: -1.18554504
1:25K map: SU5745
1:10K map: SU54NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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