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Roman copper alloy tankard handle
Flat oval plate with a convex back. At both ends oval-sectioned shanks project, narrowing to strips. The surviving shank is pierced by a circular hole which retains traces of an iron rivet. The face of the handle is inlaid with dark blue champleve enamel. The design is no longer clear but appears to consist of a border following the line of the plate with a leaf shape at each end and a swirling Celtic motif in the centre. Condition: one shank largely missing, most of the enamel gone.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.22H/2.103
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978
Notes: Context, Code: 1502, Feature type: topsoil, Date of context: phase U/S unstratified
Acquisition
Donation, 31/3/1982
Measurements
length / mm:60
width / mm:24
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
Categories
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