Accession No
1948.1745 B
Description
Copper alloy handle from a bowl or situla. Handle flattened at the sides with convex upper and lower edges; upper edge decorated with four parallel dotted ridges; ends, circular in section, are turned upwards with terminals in the shape of closed trefoil flower buds. Cf. also 1948.1745 A.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Italy
Period
?Bronze Age ?Iron Age
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1745 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
225mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1948.1745 A-B: 'Two bronze handles from a large bronze bowl of bucket. Ends turned up and moulded into a bud-like terminals. Upper edge of handles ornamented with four ribs which are moulded to give a "dot" effect.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Description for 1948.1745 A-B: 'Paper label for both objects attached to 1948.1745 B by thread reads in pencil on one side: 'Situla Handles; c. 4/5 BC', and on the other: 'Italy'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy handle from a bowl or situla. Handle flattened at the sides with convex upper and lower edges; upper edge decorated with four parallel dotted ridges; ends, circular in section, are turned upwards with terminals in the shape of closed trefoil flower buds. Cf. also 1948.1745 A.
Event Date 21/3/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:310990
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