Object: Vessel
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,(151.94),Presented to Essex Arch. Soc. by Lord Rookwood, 1894,(Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S., VI, 172)
Site: England,Essex,Hatfield Broad Oak
Parish: Hatfield Broad Oak
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 74.5
Width (mm): 33.5
Thickness (mm): 2
Weight (g): 64.66
Patina: Light greyish green.
Surface: Smooth. The side of rim is slightly pitted. Traces of light soil all over these pieces.
Other: Length: A: 74.5; B: 74.5,Width: A: 33.5; B: 33,Thickness: A: 2mm; 2.5mm; 3.5mm; 4.5mm,B: 3.25mm,Weight: A: 64.66 gms; B: 70.44 gms; Total 135.10 gms
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard of 16 socketed celts, 20 lumps of rough metal, 14 pieces of socketed celts, 14 small pieces of an earthenware pot, 4 pieeces of rim of burial urn, a pair of burial urn handles, 3 spearheads, 1 chape, and part of a socketed tool.
Description: A Rivet in each piece.
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. VI, 172.