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VESSEL
Unique ID: LANCUM-A7BDF1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper-alloy escutcheon/handle attachment from a Roman vessel probably dating from the 2nd century AD.
The curvature of the piece indicates that it would have been fitted to the rim of a circular-sectioned vessel. The object is roughly triangular with extremely worn edges and corners. There is a drilled perforation in the centre which looks equally worn. If it was decorated with moulded or incised decoration, this is no longer visible. The artefact is heavily corroded.
Similar items were recorded under LANCUM-170546, BH-FB17E1 and ESS-874B53 and an excavated parallel for this escutcheon was found at Verulamium, in a disturbed Antonine context (see Frere 1972: 130/fig. 40, no. 130). A parallel can be seen in Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, The Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman Fort, number 3.732. This, and other cited examples, are noted to have come from 2nd century vessels, which is probably also the case for this object.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Exactly AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.4 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 17.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th January 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: Cockermouth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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