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Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

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Page 260<br />

CATEGORY 2: TOILET, SURGICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL INSTRUMENTS<br />

(Figs 58 and 59; 1851-1860)<br />

COMBS<br />

1858 SFBUC 1562(C), H410 G519. Grave deposit. Period 2. Fragments of a<br />

badly decayed antler(?) comb. Length 79.5 mm. probable width<br />

approximately 54.0 mm. <strong>The</strong> connecting plates are both much decayed but<br />

were probably similar to those of 1854, Fig 58. <strong>The</strong> top of one of the<br />

surviving iron rivets appears to have been covered with copper-alloy.<br />

Not enough of the remaining end survives to indicate either shape or<br />

decoration.<br />

1859 SF BUC 1680. H848 G647. Grave deposit. Period 2. Four <strong>small</strong> fragments<br />

from an antler(?) comb. Two are adjoining pieces of a stepped connecting<br />

plate. possibly with grooved decoration, and two are iron rivets with<br />

<strong>small</strong> pieces of ?antler adhering to them.

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