Base of Large Cast Bronze Roman Jug

Archaeology (Verulamium Museum)

2003.314

Base of a small cast bronze Roman jug. This highly decorated vessel would have been used as tableware by the wealthy and would probably have contained wine. There is a cow figure at the neck of the jug, and the handle terminates in a ?gorgon head. From burial two, one of two early 2nd century AD Romano-British burials discovered at Turner's Hall Farm, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, in March 2002.

CD 254

1) Photo Studio

[not applicable].