Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

Fig 199 Bone ?pegs (1:1)
4472 Fig 199 SF MID 748, A2930 L436. Hearth? Period 2a. Tip
missing. Length 82.0mm, diameter of head 7.0mm.
SHEET COPPER-ALLOY (4473-4600)
Numerous fragments of sheet copper alloy were
recovered. None has been illustrated. In microfiche
catalogue. The descriptions given on fiche note the
presence of ?manufactured edges, rivets (or studs),
rivet holes, and decoration, and give the maximum
dimensions. Thicknesses are not given.
MISCELLANEOUS UNIDENTIFIED
COPPER-ALLOY OBJECTS
(Figs 200-204; 4601-4658)
4601 Fig 200 SF LWC 1087(C). C459. Cultivated soil. Periods 2 to
3b. Object with circular recessed base, and circular section
projection. There are concentric grooves and mouldings in
the floor of the recess and a single small hole in the wall. A
small tongue fits in a slot in the top of the projection and was
perhaps able to move from side to side. Compare with the
lamp lids (?snuffers) illustrated in Loeschcke 1919, Tafn 2
and 21. Diameter 25.0mm, height 21.0mm.
4602 Fig 200 SF BKC 1247(C), E357 L74. Make-up. Period 5. A
similar but plainer object with hollow projection, possibly a
mount from a stretcher bar of a folding stool. Diameter
27.0mm, height 23.0mm.
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Fig 200 Miscellaneous copper-alloy objects (1:1)
4604 Fig 201 SF LWC 986(C), A313 F117. Ditch. Period 1. Budshaped
?terminal with moulded collar. The mouldings do not
pass right round the object. Length 18.0mm, height
1-5.0mm.
4605 Fig 201 SF LWC 1944(C), J121 F59. Timber-lined drain.
Period 4. Thick triangular object with convex moulded
terminal. Height 29.5 mm.
4606 Fig 201 SF LWC 3373(C), J919 F308. Burnt wall with
?plastered south face. Period 2. Acorn-shaped object
pierced from top to bottom and from side to side. Possibly
used at the junction of wooden bars on furniture. Length
24.5mm, width 21.0mm.
4607 Fig 201 SF LWC 3162(C), J943. Make-up? Period 3? Piece of
crushed tubing with the ends flared and split. Possibly the
neck of a copper-alloy jug. Length 28.5mm.
4608 Fig 201 SF LWC 3256, J976 F313. Pit. Period 1. Strip with a
rounded end and a rectangular cut-out, (see the foot-rule
latch in Wheeler 1930, 84). Length 52.0mm, width
1 3.0mm.
4610 Fig 201 SF LWC 3416(C), J1058. Building debris. Period 2
demolition. Triangular object with rounded pierced terminal
and slight projection on the base. Length 25.0mm.
4612 Fig 201 SF LWC 3611(C), J1601. Make-up from Period 3.
Possibly a stamp, or perhaps a decorative terminal. A tang
for fixing the object into a ?handle rises from a collar set on
(or below) the rectangular body. Three V-shaped notcheson
each side produce a pattern of four ?bud and leaf designs on
the ?bottom face. Length 25.0mm, the base is 13.5mm
square.
4613 Fig 201 SF LWC 3620(C), J1675. Redeposited building
debris. Period 2 demolition? A protective fitting from the
corner of a wooden object, perhaps from a wooden handle.
The two plates are held together by three rivets. The gap
between the plates varies from 4.5 to 9.5 mm. Length
53.5mm, width 23.0mm.
4614 Fig 201 SF LWC 3623(C), J1681. Silt. Period 1? An object
reminiscent of the front of Class 2 button-and-loop
fasteners (Wild 1970b, fig 1), but with a rectangular
projection at the back for attachment to a ?strap. The main
ring is triangular in section. The inner disc is decorated with
Champlevé enamel in pale blue and green (or possibly
white). Diameter 21.0mm.
4615 Fig 201 SF LWC 3749(C), K434. ?Garden topsoil. Period 4b?
Probably a protective terminal fitting, similar to a chape. The