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Roman copper alloy trulleus
fragmentary, nearly complete. The fragmentary handle is decorated with a thyrsolonchus motif typical of an Eggers (1951) type E 139 trulleus of, probably, Gaulish manufacture, dating to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (Den Boesterd, 1956, p.9, Plate II, no. 24 and 24a). The highly fragmentary rim, body and base fragments have heavily tinned internal surfaces (rim and body fragments. The handle has a more typical copper carbonate green colouration with patched of possible azurite corrosion product.
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Site Name: Llantrisant Fawr, Monmouthshire
Notes: Its fragmentation, and the discovery of its handle about two inches below the upper trulleus (/1) suggests that the complete trulleus (/1) had been nested within the, larger diameter, fragmentary trulleus (/2). The handle fragment was the second item recovered by the metal detectorist. The handle fragment was recovered from the side of his metal detecting pit