Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

CATEGORY 3: TEXTILE MANUFACTURE AND WORKING Page 271
NEEDLES
Sewing needles
Type 1 Bone needles with a pointed head (Fig 70; 1954-1975),
a) with rectangular eye
1955 SF BKC 3264(C), J160 F34. Pit. Period 5b(end), Complete. Length
61.5 mm. Maximum width 3.5 mm.
1957 SF BKC 5019, V77 L5. Cultivated soil. Late Period 5. The point is
missing. Length 49.5 mm. Maximum width 5.0 mm.
1958 SF BUC 841, D113 G266. Grave fill. Period 2. The point is missing.
Length 52.5 mm. Maximum width 5.5 mm.
b) with round eye
1960 SF BUC 261, B383 L1. Site clearance. Modern. The point is missing.
Length 37.5 mm. Maximum width 3.0 mm. Dyed green.
c) with figure-of-eight eye
1961 SF LWC 402, B123 F60. Robber trench. 12th to 13th century. The point
is missing. Length 60.0 mm. Maximum width 5.0 mm. Dyed green. The
head is damaged.
1962 SF LWC 647, B253 F100. Pit. Period 5. Complete. Length 125.0 mm.
Maximum width 6.0 mm.
1964 SF LWC 1160, B634 F225. Pit. Periods. The point is missing. Length
87.0 mm. Maximum width 5.0 mm. The eye is formed by three holes.
1965 SF LWC 636, C4 F7. Pit. Post-medieval. The point is missing. Length
65.0 mm. Maximum width 5.5 mm. The eye is formed by three holes.