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Description: | An incomplete artefact, most probably of Roman date. The artefact fragment weighs 4.69g and has a length of c.70.0mm, now bent, and a circular cross-section. The decorative moulded terminal accounts for 21.0mm of the total length. The bead and reel moulded zone has a maximum diameter of 6.6mm and minimum diameter of 2.1mm. The undecorated shaft tapers from a diameter of 3.7mm directly below the moulded terminal to a diameter of 2.3mm where the shaft splits. The split accounts for c.29.0mm of the total length and each half has a semi-circular cross-section, convex rounded on the outer surface and flattened on the inner sides suggesting that the two halves could press or join together, flat surface to flat surface. The tips of the split ends conclude in worn irregular tapering slightly jagged diagonal breaks.Probably a pin, see Crummy, N., 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9 Colchester : Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, pp.30-31, fig.31, nos.504-513. Also see Bishop, M.C., 1996 Finds from Roman Aldborough Oxford : Oxbow , pp.19, 36-39, fig.11, 20 & 21, nos.62-70, 205-214.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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