artefact;
scrap (metal)(?);
casting waste(?)
- Museum number
- 2018,8017.320
- Description
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Small irregular, amorphous copper alloy lump. It appears to be an object melted down so completely that it is now unidentifiable. It could also be casting waste, scrap or perhaps a mis-cast object.
- Production date
- 50BC-100
- Dimensions
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Length: 17.80 millimetres
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Weight: 3.63 grammes
- Curator's comments
- A large number of amorphous metal lumps (mostly copper alloy, with a very few examples in precious metal) have been recovered from the site (e.g. 2018,8017.193-325, 2013,8037.61-65). These may be debris from metalworking, or could be objects which have been deliberately destroyed by exposure to heat, such as on a cremation pyre.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2018
- Acquisition notes
- Metal-detected find. Metal detectorist has requested to stay anonymous.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2018,8017.320
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 2014-56 (Number assigned by finder during metal-detecting)
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Treasure/PAS number: 2013T832 (Treasure Number)
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Treasure/PAS number: DUR-F30292 (PAS Database Number)