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Roman copper alloy flagon handle
Handle and hinged lid of a jug, with escutcheon missing. The trilobate lid is provided with a thumb-lever (now broken) probably in the shape of a duck, set facing the handle. The two holes close by are of uncertain purpose, for this form of the lid is not usually perforated.Such a handle is found on both globular and the more angular profiled jugs. Hinged lids of this form are common in pre-Flavian contexts in Britain and are doubtless imports.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.3H/3.47
Find Information
Site Name: British Telecom Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1987
Notes: Excavation conducted on land immediately to the east of the telephone exchange on Museum Street. Context: Phase Ib
Measurements
length / mm:170
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