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Iron Age / Roman copper alloy tankard handle
About half a cast copper alloy tankard handle with a rectangular terminal plate decorated in each corner with raised petal motif. At the base of the handle is a moulded lip, similar to that seen on examples from Hod Hill and Welwyn examples (Corcoran 1952, Pl. X) but otherwise there are few similarities. Above this the handle diverges suggesting the main part of the handle would have incorporated an openwork design.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2000.45H/3.31
Find Information
Site Name: Castell Henllys, Meline
Grid Reference: SN 117 391
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1995
Acquisition
Donation, 29/11/2000
Measurements
length / mm:25 (terminal plate)
maximum width / mm:32.4 (terminal plate)
width / mm
length / mm:28 (surviving handle)
weight / g:12.8
Material
copper alloy
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
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