Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

on late Roman military belts. The sunken centre of the
mount probably held some kind of decoration, most likely
enamel. Surviving length 50.0mm, width at the suspension
loop 25.5 mm.
4240 Fig 157 SF BKC 4155, N116 L10. Occupation. Period 5b A
2nd-century open-work belt-plate (ibid, Taf 64, 816-17, for
exactly similar decoration). The design is symmetrical and
based on peltas and roundels set within rectangles and
squares. There is one rivet surviving at one short end. Two
similar mounts come from Zugmantel and Saalburg (ibid,
196). A link between these two Rhine forts and Colchester
has already been indicated by the ellipsoid mount 4238.
Length 36.0mm, width 22.0mm.
4241 Fig 157 SF BUC 1711, H1046 G687. Grave fill. Period 1. A
long leaf- (or heart-) shaped pendant or strap-end (ibid, Taf
29, especially the fragmentary 192 and 195). Length (bent)
39.0mm, maximum width 14.5mm.
ARMS
Sword (Fig 158; 4242-4243)
4242 Fig 158 SF BKC 3605(C), K470 L60. Make-up or dump.
Fig 157 Pendants, mounts and other fittings from 2nd- or 3rdcentury
armour 11:1) Fig 158 Scabbard chape and mount (1:1)