Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

2312 Fig 96 SF LWC 1508, E125 F61. Pit. Late Roman. Diameter
24.0mm, thickness 6.5mm. Wall sherd. Both surfaces
slightly abraded. Grey ware. Roman.
2313 Fig 96 SF LWC 1508, E125 F61. Pit. Late Roman. Diameter
26.0mm, thickness 6.5mm. Wall sherd. Inner surface
slightly abraded. Grey ware, with well defined margins.
Burnished. Roman.
2314 Fig 96 SF LWC 1508, E125 F61. Pit. Late Roman. Diameter
23.5 mm, thickness 6.0 mm. ?Base sherd. Both surfaces very
slightly abraded. Grey ware. Burnished. Roman. Counters
2312-14 possibly come from the same set. All are quite
irregular in shape, but are of a compatible size.
2319 Fig 96 SF LWC 1989, J163 F84. Pit? ?Part of robber trench
(F18). Early medieval. Diameter 41.5 mm, thickness
13.0 mm. Wall sherd. Grey ware. Roman. The inner surface
carries the graffito SVPER scratched after firing (Hassall
1978, 438, no 64), and the outer surface is, appropriately,
abraded.
2327 Fig 96 SF BKC 133, A31 L2. Topsoil. Post-Roman. Diameter
21.5 mm, thickness 4.0mm. Wall sherd. Inner surface
abraded. Hadham ware. Mid 3rd- to 4th-century.
2356 Fig 96 SF BKC 2672, H63 F28. Sand pit. Period 6. Diameter
36.0 mm, thickness 8.5 mm. Rim sherd. Outer surface
abraded. Terra sigillata, form Dragendorff 37. East Gaul.
Antonine.
2385 Fig 96 SF MID 563, C2082 L21. Site clearance, mainly
topsoil. Site C Phases 4 and 5. Diameter 62.0mm, thickness
21.0mm. Wall sherd. The inner surface is abraded. Grey
ware. Roman.
Counters with no abraded surface but with an edge
ground for at least part of its circumference (Fig 97;
2390-2435)
2402 Fig 97 SF BKC 628, A4 L1. Topsoil and town ditch (F30) fill.
Post-Roman. Diameter 54.0mm, thickness 13.5mm. Wall
sherd. Grey ware. Roman.
2411 Fig 97 SF BKC 1781, A31 L2. Topsoil. Post-Roman. Base
sherd. A subrectangular counter, 35.5 by 30.0mm, 5.0mm
thick. Grey ware. Burnished. Roman.
2413 Fig 97 SF BKC 214, A75 F16. Town ditch. Anglo-Saxon or
Period 6. Diameter 34.0mm, thickness 6.0mm. Wall sherd.
Hadham ware. Mid 3rd-to 4th-century.
Fig 97 Pottery counters (1:2)
Counter rough-outs (Fig 98; 2436-2462)
2437 Fig 98 SF LWC 1914, D261. Topsoil. Post-Roman. Diameter
19.5 mm, thickness 4.5 mm. Wall sherd. Hadham ware. Mid
3rd- to 4th-century.
2438 Fig 98 SF LWC 1978, D261. Topsoil. Post-Roman. Base
sherd. A subrectangular counter, 40.0 by 35.0mm, 6.5mm
thick. Black burnished ware. 2nd-century or later.
2449 Fig 98 SF BKC 2499, G417. Surface cleaning. Period 5c.
Diameter 47.0mm, thickness 13.0mm. Base. Grey ware.
Burnished. Roman.
2450 Fig 98 SF BKC 2491, G429. Periods 4 and 5. Diameter
72.5mm, thickness 10.0mm. Base. Grey ware. Roman.
95
Fig 98 Pottery counter rough-outs (1:2)
Pierced pottery counters (Fig 99; 2463-2482)
2463 Fig 99 SF LWC 317, B86 F43. Pit. 12th to 15th century.
Diameter 52.0mm, thickness 15.5mm. Wall sherd.
Chipped. The edge is ground and both surfaces are abraded.
Diameter of perforation 5.0mm. The wall of the hole is
straight and smooth. An abandoned attempt at drilling a hole
lies close to the finished one. Grey ware. Roman.
2467 Fig 99 SF LWC 2659, K114. Surface cleaning. Post-Roman.
Diameter 45.5mm, thickness 12.0mm. Wall sherd. Slightly
chipped. The edge is ground and both surfaces are abraded.
The hole is well off-centre. Diameter of perforation 4.0mm.
The wall of the hole is smooth but not straight. Grey ware.
Roman.
2472 Fig 99 SF BKC 473, A92 (L12). Post-Roman. Diameter
26.5 mm, thickness 10.5 mm. Wall sherd. The edge is
ground and both surfaces are abraded. Diameter of
perforation 5.0mm. The wall of the hole is smooth but not
straight. Terra sigillata, form Dragendorff 17. South Gaul.
Flavian.
Fig 99 Pierced pottery counters (1:2)
TILE COUNTERS (Fig 100; 2483-2495)
The discussion of the possible uses and method of
manufacture of pottery counters applies equally to
tile counters. Imbrices, tegulae, and boxtiles all seem
to have been used.
2483 Fig 100 SF LWC 1013, B75 F23. Road ditch. Period 4.