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CANDLE HOLDER

Unique ID: PUBLIC-CAAC17

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A probable copper alloy hour-glass type candle holder of Roman date. The surviving section includes the central stem, which has a single disc or flange at the mid-point, and parts of the two symmetrical cups. The probable stub of a pricket is visible in the centre of one of the cups.

In its current state it measures 35.2mm in maximum height and 33.2mm in maximum width. It weighs 18.1g.

Another example of an hour-glass type candle holder has been recorded on the PAS database as DENO-E13701, and other parallels are discussed within this record. Candle holders of this type are believed to date from the 2nd century AD, into the 3rd (Eckardt 2002, 260).

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: Circa AD 250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 35.2 mm
Width: 33.2 mm
Weight: 18.1 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Thornbury (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST6588
Four figure Latitude: 51.58975659
Four figure longitude: -2.50660522
1:25K map: ST6588
1:10K map: ST68NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Eckardt, H.	2002	Illuminating Roman Britain	Montagnac	Éditions Monique Mergoil	260

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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