12-09-2010, 06:22 PM
Quote:The "metal cook pot" would be a "situla", I guess.I was confused when you said bucket. (Or somebody said bucket.) I immediately thought of the builders' buckets on Trajan's Column (although a Roman would maybe have called this a calathus :?
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Your situla is normally called a "camp kettle" in the English literature. (Hence, my confusion.) Here is a selection (in bronze/copper alloy) from Newstead:[attachment=0:1bz1pxa8]<!-- ia0 Newstead_BronzeMessCans_GridIron_small.jpg<!-- ia0 [/attachment:1bz1pxa8]
There is Flavian occupation at Newstead, but most of the finds seem to date from the Antonine re-occupation, so not securely pre-Trajan's Column (as you requested). Sorry.
