Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds
Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds
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