Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

Fig 202 Miscellaneous copper-alloy objects (1:1)
lugs (one damaged) for a hinge, and on the underside part of
a rectangular section curved strip. Possibly a fitting from a
vessel, but unlikely to be a lid. Length 41.5 mm, width
35.5 mm.
4624 Fig 203 SF BKC 973(C), D363 L27. Dump and occupation
debris at bottom of town ditch. Period 6. A thin crescentshaped
object, slightly convex in section. The ends are
missing. Length 33.5 mm.
4626 Fig 203 SF BKC 1181(C), E312 L73. Make-up. Period 5. A
disc pierced in three places near the edge. The perforations
are burred. Diameter 20.0mm.
4627 Fig 203 SF BKC 1 352, E51 5 F166. Pipe trench. Period 4. A
crescent-shaped object with roughly incised grooves
containing in three places fragments of white-metal inlay.
Possibly a scrap from casting. Length 46.0mm.
4629 Fig 203 SF BKC 1599, E877 L238. Road metalling. Period
1 b. An object of rectangular section consisting of a fragment
of a thick curved strip with another equally thick strip
projecting from it. Length 28.5 mm.
4630 Fig 203 SF BKC 1633(C), E907 L250. Road metalling.
Periods 2 and 3a. A slightly curved rectangular plate
decorated with incised seemingly random grooves. Through
a lozenge-shaped perforation at one end of this plate a
triangular plate is fixed. This second piece is also decorated
with grooves and is folded over to touch the back of the first
plate. 31.5 by 40.0mm.
4631 Fig 203 SF BKC 1674(C), E938 L275. Road metalling. Period
2. A plain slightly waisted rectangle. Its weight of 10.5 gm
does not suggest that it is either a weight or an ingot. 26.0 by
21.0mm.
4632 Fig 203 SF BKC 2267(C), G210. Cleaning top of burnt daub
floor. Period 2. A laminated circular object with a ?moulding
165
near the edge on each side and a recessed centre. There is a
rectangular perforation through the object. Reminiscent of
an escutcheon for a lock-hole. Diameter 27.0mm.
4633 Fig 203 SF BKC 2303(C), G217. Burnt floor. Period 2. A thick
bar of rectangular section, plain on three sides. The fourth
side is concave and is decorated in relief with leaves and
vertical mouldings set between beaded and slightly knurled
marginal grooves and edges. Both ends are damaged.
Possibly a stamp? Length 102.0mm, width 16.0mm,
thickness 8.0mm.
4634 Fig 203 SF BKC 31 59, J100 F18. Slot. Period 5b. Adisc with
recessed centre filled with white enamel in which are set
four yellow enamel circles to form eyes. Diameter 13.0 mm.
4635 Fig 203 SF BKC 3572(C), J312 L35. Dump and levelling
deposits. Periods 3/4/5a. A disc with concentric convex
mouldings and central knob. Diameter 40.0mm.
4637 Fig 203 SF BKC 3777(C), K585 F124. Posthole/postpit.
Periods 5/6. A ?white-metal-plated pelta-shaped object
with a broken projection on the outer edges. Possibly
military; perhaps part of a very large buckle tongue. Width
22.5 mm.
4640 Fig 203 SF BKC 4272(C), N221 F76. Pit. Period 6+.
Somewhat similar to Fig 200, 4601 and 4602. Circular
object with recessed ?base and circular projection on the
upper side. Diameter 25.0mm.
4641 Fig 203 SF BKC 4341(C), N312 F95. Pit. Period 6. A convex
fitting with ?scallop decoration. Diameter 14.5mm.
4642 Fig 204 SF BKC 4527(C), T85 L27. Destruction debris of
Period 2. Period 3. An object slightly similar to Fig 200, 4601
and 4602 but with a shorter shank and lacking any
decoration. A triangular piece of sheet copper alloy, perhaps
a washer, is fixed in the recessed base by a rivet, which
passes through the shank. There is a slight cut-out in the
wall of the base. Similar to Waugh and Goodburn 1972, fig
38, 110. Diameter 19.5mm.
4643 Fig 204 SF BKC 4753, T518. Period 1 (or 2). Corroded Tshaped
object with wide cross-bar and narrow damaged
upright. Length 22.0mm, width 24.0mm.
4644 Fig 204 SF BKC 5007(C), V68 L22. Dump. Late Period 5.
Possibly a flask or flagon rim, or a terminal with a flared rim.
Diameter 33.0mm, length 23.0mm.
4645 Fig 204 SF BKC 4988, V80 L5. Cultivated soil. Late Period 5.
Flat object with perforated terminal. Length 20.0 mm, width
9.5 mm.
4647 Fig 204 SF BKC 5355, V457 L87/F130. End of Period 4,
beginning of 5. Leaf-shaped object with damaged tip and a
slight shank projecting from the broad end. There is a small
perforation on the long axis of the object near the top. One
side of the piece is decorated with curved patterns of
knurling and faint grooves. Too thin for a seal-box lid. Length
29.0mm, width 18.5mm.
4648 Fig 204 SF BKC 5425(C), V727. Unstratified. Probably the
handle of a toilet instrument, or of a mirror. Most of the shaft
is decorated with complex mouldings, mostly of rectangular
section. The plain part of the shaft is octagonal in section.
There is a suspension loop at one end. The other end is
missing. Bent. Length 152.0mm.
4649 Fig 204 SF BKC 5757, V1116. Period 4, or 5, or 6. Seven
fragments of a disc on the upper face of which are set at
random many squares of ?niello. On the underside are a
pierced lug, perhaps for a hinged attachment, and three
rectangular short projections. Diameter approximately
45.0mm.
4650 Fig 204 SF CPS 591 (C), 617 F119. Robber trench material.
Period 5. A terminal similar to Fig 203, 4640. Diameter
28.5 mm.
4651 Fig 204 SF CPS 889(C), Z1. Unstratified. Probably from
contractor's trench. Probably Roman. Slightly tapering
rectangular plate, convex in section, with a small projection
at the top. A male figure in relief stands on the right, facing
left, apparently dressed in a piece of material wrapped round
the hips and knotted at the waist. His right arm is raised and
his head thrown back, his left arm hangs down and away
from his body. He seems to be facing an ?altar on the left,
though the plate is very pitted by corrosion and this is