hacksilver;
vessel
- Museum number
- 1855,0815.20
- Description
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Hacksilver: fragment of beaded rim of rectangular vessel with incised and punched decoration of flowers, leaves and tendrils. Probably two hacking phases as lateral edges differ, with the left one cut from front all along the edge, the right one hammered to thin it, wrenched more than cut away from rim. Inner edge obscured by rolling up.
- Production date
- 4thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Length: 54 millimetres
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Weight: 55.06 grammes
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Width: 33 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Published:
Warner, R., 2020.The Late Roman Silver Hoard from Ballinrees, Co. Derry: Observations and Implications. Journal of Irish Archaeology XXIX, pp. 79-102
Marzinzik, S., 2017. Permeable Frontiers: Changing Views of the 5th Century Silver Hoards from Coleraine, Northern Ireland, and Traprain Law, Scotland. In: Semple, S., Orsini, C. and Mui, S. (eds.), Life on the Edge: Social, Political and Religious Frontiers in Early Medieval Europe, Neusu Studien zur Sachsenforschung Band 6, Braunschweig: Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, pp. 55-8
- Location
- On display (G41/dc9)
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1855,0815.20
