Record Details

NHER Number:40273
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman key handle and vessel or furniture mount

Summary

A very elaborate Roman key handle in the form of a squatting monkey and a Roman vessel or furniture mount in the form of a male bust were said to have been recovered from Thorpe St Andrew in the 1990s.

Images - none

Location

Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK
THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Said to have been found in Thorpe St Andrew in the 1990s [1].
Very elaborate Roman key handle in the form of a squatting monkey and Roman vessel or furniture mount in the form of a male bust.
See descriptions in file. (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 February 2004.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: 2004. KVD 31-33, Romano British key handle..
---Photograph: 2004. KVD 34-36, Romano British furniture mount..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.

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