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Description: | A fragmentary stud with copper-alloy globular head and beginnings of an iron shank, possibly Roman in date. The head is broadly spherical. The iron shank seems to be circular in cross-section; the exact way these two elements are joined is obscured by corrosion. From the weight the head appears solid and is 12.5mm in diameter with a flattened top. Below, the corroded remains of an iron shank, c. 2.7mm diameter, are vestigial and corroded.Similar large spherical headed studs or nails are recorded in Crummy (1983, 115; fig. 116) from Roman contexts, although those had copper alloy shanks; similar examples with iron shanks are also recorded on this database, e.g. SUSS-DFE0E6, HAMP-25FEC0. Crummy (ibid.) suggests these were used on furniture, although their shanks tend to be thicker.
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