Record Details

NHER Number:30334
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman vessel mount

Summary

A Roman copper alloy vessel mount in the shape of the head of the god Pan, found by metal detecting.

Images

  • Roman copper alloy box mount in the shape of the head of Pan from Elsing  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Grid Reference:TG 05 16
Map Sheet:TG01NE
Parish:ELSING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

February 1992. Found with metal detecting.
Roman copper alloy vessel mount, in the shape of a head of Pan. 5.5cm x 3.2cm. The reverse is flat and carries the remains of some solder.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM), 8 October 1993.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Article in Serial: Davies, J. A. 1996. Romano-British Cult Objects from Norfolk - Some Recent Finds. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 376-384. p 380-381.

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