EVIDENCE FOR METALWORKING FROM PIT 157, SITE 25296, THETFORD, NORFOLK
Author(s): Justine Bayley
The contents of a late 12th/13th century pit included about 20 kg of fragments of litharge cakes, evidence for the refining of silver by cupellation, as well as a few pieces of slag. There were also 9 sherds of crucibles, some with traces of silver and copper alloy, 6 sherds re-used as cupeis and one sherd from a parting vessel.
- Report Number:
- 126/1991
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 3
- Keywords:
- Metal Working-non Fe