Object: Casting Jet
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Society of Antiquaries Collection, B.6 (vi),(presented by Rev. Malachy Hitchins)
Site: Cornwall,St. Ives,Leland,(Lenant)
Parish: Leland
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Grid reference: c. SW 53 37
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 6
Thickness (mm): 5
Surface: Dull green/brown sur. - parts burnished (prob. handling); upper sur. pale green
Associations: 1a Hoard
Description: Dimensions: max D. 31.5mm; d. top 37.5-46.0; D bowl 27; L runner (2 longest) 6mm; max T runners 5mm,Typology: bowl-shaped body of approx. circ. section; top edge surrounded by lips of metal; two small runners stem from base of bowl - with stumps of 2 others - sub. triang. sections; small angular protuberance may be fifth runner, but more likely flaw; top sur. undulating and granular structure suggesting cooling open to air; lips of subsequent dam. as touching bowl at points; but no obvious fractures associated.,Condition: jets and stumps all broken in antiquity.,Attached Material: traces of yellow & fawn sand embedded in sur.
Remarks: Labels/Markings: white ink inscr. 'B.6'; small rect. s/o label: printed '4',PIF, AFI, DF (C), SI; CI; Rec.: SN Jan. 79; Source: MV