Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

applied horizontally. The S is made up of tiny rectangular
panels. The remains of a hole, almost certainly for a rivet, but
possibly for a hook-and-eye clasp, are visible on one
fragment.
Punched or raised dots (Fig 45; 1706-1712)
1707 Fig 45 SF MID 55(C), A256 F38. Robber trench. Early
medieval. Distorted, internal diameter 50.0mm, circular
section, thickness 3.0mm. Penannular. Each terminal has
been flattened to rectangular section and bears a row of
raised dots.
1708 Fig 45 SF BUC 69(C), A356 G24. Grave deposit. Period 2.
Internal diameter oval, 38.0 by 44.5mm; rectangular
section, thickness 0.5 mm, height 3.5 mm. The decoration is
of punched dots surrounded by a slight hollow area of faint
concentric circles. Hook-and-eye clasp.
1709 Fig 45 SF BUC 1615. H672 F45. Gully. Period 2. Distorted,
internal diameter 65.0mm; rectangular section, thickness
1.5 mm, height 4.0mm. Punched dots within marginal
grooves. Hook-and-eye clasp.
1710 Fig 45 SF BUC 1691 (C), H792 G638. Grave deposit. Period 2.
Internal diameter oval, 40.0 by 48.0mm; D-shaped section,
tapering from 5.0 to 2.5 mm thick, 6.5 to 3.5 mm high.
Penannular. Each terminal is of rectangular section,
decorated with an incised snake's head with punched dots
for eyes.
Fig 46 Hatched and bead-imitative copper-alloy armlets (1:1)
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1711 Fig45 SF IRB 8(C), F15. grave deposit in 3rd-to4th-century
inhumation. Slightly distorted, internal diameter oval, 49.0
by 56.0 mm; D-shaped section, thickness 2.5 mm, height
4.5 mm. Each terminal is flattened to a rectangular-section
snake's head and decorated with a pattern of punched dots.
1712 Fig 45 SF IRB 10(C), F15. Grave deposit in 3rd- to 4thcentury
inhumation. In two fragments, internal diameter
oval, 52.5 by 56.0mm; D-shaped section, thickness 2.0mm,
height 4.0mm. As 1711 but with a different pattern of
punched dots.
Hatched (Fig 46; 1713-1714)
1714 Fig 46 SF BUC 999, E180 L13. Destruction debris and
topsoil. Post-Roman. Fragment, rectangular section,
thickness 1.0mm, height 3.0mm. Bands of hatching
alternate with short, plain, slightly faceted panels.
Bead-imitative (Fig 46; 1715-1723). Other beadimitative
armlets can be found under jet and shale
armlets (Fig 38).
1715 Fig 46 SF LWC 1876(C), H90 F15. Robber trench. Medieval.
Fragment, with groups of deep grooves alternating with
faceted plain panels, giving the impression of short oblate
and long biconical beads. Circular section, thickness
2.0mm. A parallel comes from Portchester, Hampshire
(Cunliffe 1975; fig 111, 31), where the biconical panel bears