Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

margins and a central groove. Length 10.0mm, diameter
33.0mm.
4107 Fig 132 SF MRC 106(C), 113 F68. Fill of a c 4th-century
grave. A slightly crushed ferrule with a square hole in the
top. This hole has been made from the inside as the outer
edge is burred, and was presumably intended to take a nail
or a stud with a square section shaft which would fix the
ferrule to the object it was capping. Length 12.5 mm,
diameter 17.5 mm.
BINDING (Fig 133; 4108-4120)
All pieces are of copper alloy.
4108 Fig 133 SF LWC 730(C), BF70. Probably cellar backfill.
Period 5. A sheet of copper alloy folded into a tube, now
slightly distorted. Length 70.0mm, diameter 7.5mm.
4110 Fig 133 SF LWC 3829(C), K533. Make-up or floor. Period 1 or
2. A sheet of copper alloy folded into a tube. Near one end are
traces of faint irregular incised grooves. The other end is
damaged but also shows a clearer groove where the
maximum length survives. Length 57.0mm, diameter
8.5mm.
Fig 133 Binding (1:1)
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4111 Fig 133 SF LWC 3685(C), Q7. On Boudican surface? AD
60/1 ? Two binding strips of U-shaped section. Both have
been slightly flattened out at one end. One is curved and has
a rivet hole at the centre of the section in the middle and the
remains of an iron rivet near one end. Length 87.5 mm,
width 8.5 mm. The other is less markedly curved and has no
signs of any rivets. Length 70.0mm, width 9.5mm. Possibly
shield binding.
4113 Fig 133 SF BKC 3571 (C), J313 L37. Make-up (burnt). Period
2. Four fragments of a piece of straight binding of U-shaped
section. There is a slight groove along one edge. Length
89.0mm, width 15.0mm.
4116 Fig 133 SF BKC 4749, T513. Period 1 (and 2a?). A strip,
slightly plano-convex in section, folded in half. Length
101.0mm, width 12.0mm.
4117 Fig 133 SF CPS 463(C), 576 F115. Occupation. Period 4. A
gently curving strip with one thickened edge. Folded over the
strip are the remains of binding of U-shaped section. Four
crude rivets survive in the strip, and there is one empty rivet
hole close to one of the rivets. Length 58.0 mm, width
13.0mm.