Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

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1ST CENTURY EQUIPMENT FROM CONTEXTS DATED LATER THAN 60/1
Armour
Belt and apron fittings of copper alloy (Fig 151; 4204-4220)
4206 SF LWC 3204(C)* J941. Make-up. Period 3. A fragment of a rosette stud
with seemingly plain surface. as Fig 151. 4205. Diameter 20.0 mm. Square
section shaft. clenched. length 8.5 mm.
4216 SF BKC 2907. J7 Ll. Site clearance. A barred buckle tongue. This could
belong to either a 1st- or 4th-centry buckle. as the barred tongue recurs
on some late buckles of Hawkes and Dunning Type 2a (Hawkes and Dunning
1962. fig 17.e.k. fig 18.a), Length 28.0 mm.
4217 SF BKC 3178. J115 F25. Large pit. Periods 3-6? A short waisted hinged
belt-plate with two back projections for attachment as Fig 151. 4215.
Also as 4215 this piece may be later in date than Ist-century. Length
19.5 mm. width at the hinge end 16.0 mm.
4220 X131(2)(C), Stray find. probably from the Sheepen area. A large barred
buckle tongue with transverse mouldings at the hinge end. Length 36.5 mm.
Copper-alloy fittings from laminated body armour (Fig 152; 4221-4226)
4224 SF BKC 5758(C), V701. Unstratified. Spoil-heap. The plate of a girdle-
plate tie hook. Both rivets are missing. Length 35.5 mm. maximum width
12.5 mm.