🔎 UNIDENTIFIED ancient bronze artifact

[penggali]

greetings,
I have an item that I need help identifying. This is the information I have

Construction: Bronze and smith'd by hand tools. no evidence of machining, thick rich patina.
Shape: bowl like and covered with patterned, concentric holes. holes are uniform in shape and look to be "punched" though
Dimensions: Diameter 8 inches, Depth 1.5 inch APPROX
Weight: 6 lb 5 oz APPROX
Origins: found in the earth, unaccompanied from any other items. in a coastal area of the Mediterranean. This has been in my family for generations and all the information I have.
thanks in advance

 

[pepperj]

A die for extruding food material through.

 

[Gene Mean]

Interesting. Hand grain huller?

 

[penggali]

A die for extruding food material through.

so all of the perforation's (holes) are a smaller diameter on the convex side.
I think an punch was used on the concave side, consequent in the ridges on the other side, a result of the way it was made. I do not observe any wear marks on the convex "inside", this leads me to beleve that grain or some other product was not milled or processed through with another object.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Looks like a shower head to me.

 

[UnderMiner]

Ancient storm drain cover?

 

[uniface]

It's a collander -- used to be a common kitchen utensel.

 

[villagenut]

a seive of sorts...type of strainer

 

[Older The Better]

Just throwing out guesses, if it is very old I’m wondering if it’s not a top for an incense burner or maybe a type of foot or bed warmer

 

[dig deeper now]

greetings,
I have an item that I need help identifying. This is the information I have

Construction: Bronze and smith'd by hand tools. no evidence of machining, thick rich patina.
Shape: bowl like and covered with patterned, concentric holes. holes are uniform in shape and look to be "punched" though
Dimensions: Diameter 8 inches, Depth 1.5 inch APPROX
Weight: 6 lb 5 oz APPROX
Origins: found in the earth, unaccompanied from any other items. in a coastal area of the Mediterranean. This has been in my family for generations and all the information I have.
thanks in advance

Posta strainer?

 

[dave_e]

Old floor drain cover.

 

[penggali]

Old floor drain cover.

yeah i thought about that but the geometry doesn't line up with that. most drain covers past and present that i have seen are flush

 

[dave_e]

My parents house was built in 1933 and the basement floor drain had a heavy concave plate very similar to this. Small holes to catch clumps of lint as well.

 

[GoldieLocks]

Stove top hot pot holder from 1948-1970?