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LOT 0130
Roman Lead Ship's Anchor
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C.
24 1/4 in. (14.4 kg, 61.5 cm).
Comprising a square-section socket with inner crossmember, long square-section horn to each side; some marine accretion to the surface.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-early 1980s.
From the collection of a Plymouth, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
Ex property of Philip Smith, UK.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Roman ships often used a type of anchor with a wooden shank and a lead stock at the top. This lead stock provided weight to help the anchor lay flat on the seabed and dig in. This exact type of anchor was already out of use by the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
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