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VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-E5C997
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman very worn cast copper-alloy looped handle escutcheon plate attachment for a vessel, c.AD43-250. The object is triangular in plan with an integral looped handle attachment with is mishapen with ware. The reverse is curved to fit against a curved rim of the vessel. The front of the escutcheon is decorated with a moulded male bust with a prominannt hair detail. There is iron staining on both side of the object.
A very similar example can be seen on the database: NMS-CD0FF0. Dating comes from SUR-17D794 which is also illustrated and discussed in Sally Worrel (2006, 465)
The object is 64.3mm long, 27.6mm wide, 6.3mm thick and weighs 52.09 grams
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 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.3 mm
Width: 27.6 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 52.09 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Elham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR1942
Four figure Latitude: 51.13537458
Four figure longitude: 1.12898589
1:25K map: TR1942
1:10K map: TR14SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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