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VESSEL
Unique ID: LANCUM-361F75
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Three fragments of a copper-alloy enamelled vessel in shape of a cockerel. The pieces remaining are the lower part of the body, a large fragment of the upper body (wing) and the neck and head. The legs and feet are missing. The fragment of the upper body was the lid for the vessel, the hollow body of the cockerel (the lower part) the container of the vessel. The neck and head are cast hollow, but filled with clay. The eyes and possibly also the beak are decorated with red and black enamel and both body and wing (lid) have a pattern of enamelled patches (blue, black and red) in shape of stylised feathers.
The vessel may have been a container for jewellery or smaller items of value. The remaining fragments are in good condition.
Measurements: Head (LE: 39mm, WI: 24mm), back (LE: 53mm, WI: 31mm), body (LE: 71mm, WI: 54mm)
NB - fragments of a similar lamp have been recorded under SOM-745EA2.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD4965
Four figure Latitude: 54.07838334
Four figure longitude: -2.7809799
1:25K map: SD4965
1:10K map: SD46NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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