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Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

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Fig 180 Amulets (1:1)<br />

respectively. Seen against this evidence, it is probably<br />

not likely that all the iron objects postulated below as<br />

coffin-fittings have been correctly interpreted. All<br />

eight derive from different graves. Though their<br />

position within the grave suggests the possibility of<br />

their being coffin-fittings, there is also every chance<br />

of their being either stray <strong>finds</strong> from the grave fill, or<br />

some may come from clothing on the body.<br />

4289 Fig 181 SF BUC 66, A283 G18. Period 2. Found lying<br />

vertically in the side of the timber stain. A <strong>small</strong> iron plate,<br />

more or less semicircular. <strong>The</strong>re is an iron rivet at one<br />

bottom corner, with possible traces of a second rivet at the<br />

opposite corner. Length 44.5mm, height 31.5 mm.<br />

4290 Not illustrated. SF BUC 108, A513 G25. Grave fill. Period 2.<br />

Possibly from a disturbed earlier grave (associated with<br />

redeposited human bones). An iron ring in two fragments.<br />

Probably of rectangular section. Internal diameter 27.5 mm.<br />

4291 Fig 181 SF BUC 268, B402 G94. Period 2. Found lying atthe<br />

bottom of a grave. An iron ring, circular in section, in four<br />

fragments. Part only is illustrated. Internal diameter<br />

31 5mm, 4.5mm thick.<br />

4292 Fig 181 SF BUC 1481, C675 G301. Period 2. Described as<br />

fitting 'A' in the sequence of recorded coffin nails from this<br />

Fig 181 Iron coffin fittings from Butt Road (1:2)<br />

147<br />

grave. A tapering iron strip with a semicircular end slightly<br />

wider than the strip itself. Length 132.5mm, 4.0mm thick.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are no obvious rivets or nails for attachment.<br />

4293 Fig 181 SF BUC 501, C819 G319. Period 2. Found in the<br />

upper part of the coffin fill, midway along. An iron anglefitting.<br />

<strong>The</strong> long arm is roughly square in section. <strong>The</strong> short<br />

arm has been beaten out into a rectangular plate with a<br />

central rivet hole for attachment. <strong>The</strong>re was probably a<br />

similar terminal at the end of the long arm, now broken off.<br />

Length of long arm, externally, 61.5mm. Length of short<br />

arm, externally 35.5mm.<br />

4294 Not illustrated. SF BUC 691, C1352 G391. Period 2. Outside<br />

the south-east corner of the coffin. An iron ring of<br />

rectangular section. Internal diameter 15.0mm.<br />

4295 Fig 181 SF BUC 1483, C1442 G400. Period 2. Found lying<br />

between the knees of the skeleton. A subrectangular(?) iron<br />

plate, part is missing. Maximum dimensions 50.0 by<br />

49.5 mm, 5.5 mm thick.<br />

4296 Not illustrated. SF BUC 803, C1737 G445. Period 2. Found<br />

beneath coffin. An iron ring in two fragments. Circular<br />

section. Internal diameter 16.0mm.<br />

TEXTILE FRAGMENTS FROM THE<br />

LATER BUTT ROAD CEMETERY<br />

(4297-4305)<br />

by John Peter Wild<br />

None of the pieces merits illustration, but the full<br />

report is given in the main text rather than on fiche.<br />

4297 SF BUC 53(C), A360 G15. Period 2. Associated with a grave<br />

deposit of a bead armlet incorporating two coins of the<br />

House of Valentinian (AD 364-78). Small fragments of a very<br />

fine plain-weave cloth (about 10.0mm 2<br />

in all), preserved<br />

through impregnation by metal corrosion products. System<br />

1, weak Z-spun, about 25 threads per 10.0mm. System 2,<br />

weak Z-spun, about 25 threads per 10.0mm.<br />

4298 SF BUC 1 53(C)/1 74(C)/1 76(C)/21 3(C)/231 (C),<br />

B307/309/311/314/327 G69. Period 2. From the inside of<br />

the first Butt Road box (pp 85-8). A terminus post quem is<br />

provided by a pierced coin of Tetricus II (AD 270-3) on an<br />

armlet (1629) inside the box. <strong>The</strong> cloth seems to have been<br />

preserved through metal corrosion products. Fragments of a<br />

fine plain-weave cloth. System 1, weak Z-spun, about 25<br />

threads per 10.0 mm but yarns widely spaced out. System 2,<br />

weak Z-spun, 20-5 threads per 10.0mm, widely spaced.<br />

B307 measures 35.0 by 5.0 mm. B309 two or three layers of<br />

cloth, about 20.0mm 2<br />

in all, showing a count of about 18by<br />

18 threads per 10.0mm. B311 nine <strong>small</strong> fragments, about<br />

10.0mm 2<br />

in all. B314 four <strong>small</strong> fragments. B327 four very<br />

<strong>small</strong> fragments.<br />

4299 SF BUC 1 50(C)/1 51 (C)/1 70(C)/1 77(C)/1 98(C),<br />

B294/295/298/299/312 G69. Provenance as 4298.<br />

Fragments of a medium-fine plain weave cloth. System 1,<br />

weak Z-spun, 12-15 threads per 10.0mm. System 2, weak<br />

Z-spun, about 20 threads per 10.0mm. System 2 covers<br />

most of system 1. B294 about 20.0mm 2<br />

. B295 about<br />

5.0mm 2<br />

. B298 five very <strong>small</strong> fragments. B299 two very

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