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Roman copper alloy fitting
Roman fitting from casket, composed by a hollow-cast appliqué strip in the form of a spirally-fluted half-column surmounted by a cantharus (pot).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.389A/5.14
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954
Notes: field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from the culvert. From the Civil Settlement.
Acquisition
Collected officially, 12/10/1954
Measurements
length / mm:75.0
maximum width / mm:30.0
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:5.0
thickness / mm
Material
copper alloy
Techniques
hollow-cast
cast
Location
Caerleon: Case 16 Furniture and Fittings
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