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An Unusual Imported Bronze Jug Handle from Late Iron Age Easton, Suffolk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2020

Ruth Beveridge  and
Tom Woolhouse
Ruth Beveridge
Affiliation:
Stowmarket ruth.beveridge@outlook.com
Tom Woolhouse
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, Cambridge twoolhouse@pre-construct.com
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Abstract

Developer-funded excavation in Easton, Suffolk, investigated part of a long-lived Iron Age settlement and Roman farmstead. One late Iron Age pit contained an unusual bronze handle, most likely from a jug, the form of which appears to be unique in Britain. The closest parallels are products of Italian workshops in the late first century b.c. This paper describes the likely form of the vessel and discusses the significance of its presence at a rural settlement on the ‘border’ of the Iceni and Trinovantes/Catuvellauni.

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jugpitcherbronzecontinentalimportSuffolklate Iron Age
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Shorter Contributions
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Britannia , Volume 51 , November 2020 , pp. 336 - 347
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Copyright © The Authors, 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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Footnotes

With a contribution by SARAH PAYNTER

Historic England (S.P.) sarah.paynter@HistoricEngland.org.uk

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