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Situla Handle

Origin

Castro de Alvarelhos, Alvarelhos, Trofa.

Material

Bronze

Description

Situla handle manufactured from a bronze sheet curved into a cylindrical shape, with the flanges folded and hammered. The inner face remains open with an irregular outline. The interior contains a lead cylinder with conical perforations at both ends designed to fit it to the vessel. The handle itself is of quadrangular section and oval form, tapering progressively towards the end, where it terminates in a pointed tip.

Classification and chronology

Type …. / Castro de Alvarelhos - Phase II/IIb

Dimensions

Maximum length: 101 mm; Maximum thickness of bronze sheet: 3/4 mm; Maximum external diameter: 27 mm; Maximum length of lead cylinder: 94 mm; Maximum diameter of lead cylinder: 21 mm; Weight: 540 gr.

Deposit

MMAP [ALV. 1952, s/n.º]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 1992, 34-47, est. V, fig. 1; 2007, 134; 2010, 978, est. CCV, n.º 20.