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bucket
Object Type
bucket
Museum number
1867,0704.19
Description
Copper alloy bound wooden bucket fragment: rectangular, with vertical wooden staves; tinned-copper alloy band around top and bottom; copper alloy ring-fitting on staple attachment at side.
Cultures/periods
Germanic
Production date
3rdC
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Merseburg
(near)
Excavated/Findspot:
Leuna
(near)
Excavated/Findspot:
Zum Heiter'n Blick
, gravel pit grave
(near)
Materials
wood
copper alloy
tin
Technique
bound
tinned
Dimensions
Height:
10.40 centimetres
Width:
7.50 centimetres
Curator's comments
Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager 'Summary Catalogue' (draft MS) For comments re. entire collection see registration no. 1867,0704.1. Published (the object): SCHULZ W. 1931. Ost- und Elbgermanen in spätrömischer Zeit in den Ostkreisen der Provinz Sachsen, Jahresschrift für die Vorgeschichte der Sächsisch-Thüringischen Länder XIX, Halle, p. 84 note 1
Bibliographic references
Slade 1871 / Catalogue of the Collection of Glass formed by Felix Slade Esq, F S A. With Notes on the History of Glass Making by Alexander Nesbitt, Esq, F S A
(p.59)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Cleaned by H Neurey 29.5.1979
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Felix Slade
Acquisition date
1867
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1867,0704.19
Conservation
Treatment
: 06 Dec 2013
Treatment
: 01 Mar 1984