River Tyne, bronze ewer

HER Number

11947

District

Newcastle

Site Name

River Tyne, bronze ewer

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Ewer

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Bronze ewer (water flask or praefericulum) dredged out of the River Tyne before 1888. 8 inches high, 2 3/4 inches diameter at top and 2 3/8 inches at bottom.

Easting

424000

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ424000563000

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2, III, p 253; DJ Smith, 1974, Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne - An Illustrated Introduction, 33