Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

Fig 83 'Rosette' lamps (1:2)
base of the handle and on the shoulder opposite the
mid-point of the nozzle on the larger lamps. In the
absence of any parallels outside the town for these
lamps, it seems likely that they were made in
Colchester either in the early years of the 4th century,
or, at the earliest, in the late 3rd century.
2109 Fig 83 SF BUC 923, E103 L36. Make-up. c 320-40. Buff
fabric with a well-applied light reddish-brown thick slip.
2110 Fig 83 SF BUC 1353, E676 L36. Make-up. c 320-40. As
2109.
2111 Fig 83 SF BUC 1354, E677 L36. Make-up. c 320-40. ?Fabric
colour. Pinkish-grey thick slip.
Fig 84 Lamp-hooks (1:1)
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LAMP-HOOKS (Fig 84; 2112-2114)
Both, examples are of copper alloy. Illustrated
complete and well-preserved examples can be found
in Loeschcke 1919, Tafn 2 and 21; Wilson 1968, pi
53, 203; and Hawkes and Hull 1947, pl 100, 33.
2113 Fig 84 SF BKC 4706(C), T446. Period 1. Corroded example,
the tip is missing. The first link of the suspension chain
survives. There are three bead mouldings below the
suspension loop. Length 78.0mm.
2114 Fig 84 SF BUC 449, B1186 L2. Periods 1-2. Possibly a
fragment from a lamp-hook. The metal is well-preserved.
The section of the upper part of the shaft is lenticular. The tip
has bead-and-reel mouldings.
FURNITURE FRAGMENTS AND
FITTINGS
Handles (Fig 85; 2115-2145). Drop- and other
handles of widely-varying sizes were found. The
items on which they were fitted ranged from small
wooden boxes or drawers to large chests. Handles in
situ on pieces of furniture can be seen in Ward-
Perkins and Claridge 1976, catalogue nos 159, 172.
All objects are of copper alloy unless otherwise
stated.
2115 Fig 85 SF LWC 4305, J429 F59. Timber-lined drain. Period
4. Iron handle of rectangular section. Length 146.5 mm.
Possibly from a vessel.
2116 Fig 85 SF LWC 3030(C), J810. Make-up. Period 4a. A ringhandle
with fragments of a split-spike loop. The ring has a
complex moulded section, a feature taken to be diagnostic of
furniture ring-handles. External diameter of ring 40.5 mm.
Length of split-spike loop 31.0mm.
2117 Fig 85 SF LWC 3255(C), J951. Make-up. Period 3. A worn
ring-handle of D-shaped section with the remains of an iron
split-spike loop attached. External diameter 27.5 mm.
2122 Fig 85 SF LWC 3911(C), K574. Period 1 destruction. Period
2. Probably a handle. A strip of roughly rectangular section
with flattened pierced terminals. Length 46.0mm. See
Waugh and Goodburn 1972, fig 38, 115.