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

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