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STUD
Unique ID: SF-A10939
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy nail dating to AD 43-410 copper-alloy Roman nail, dating to AD 43-410. The head is broadly circular in plan and mushroom shaped in section. The shaft is rectangular in plan and tapers gently before terminating in ancient break.
It is consistent with globular headed examples are depicted in Crummy 1981: pg 115, fig 116.
Length: 13.7mm; Diameter: 8.9mm; Shaft thickness: 3.8mm; Weight; 2.45g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.7 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 2.45 g
Diameter: 8.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2019 - Thursday 31st January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: FSF258
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Fressingfield
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crummy, N. | 1983 | Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9 | Colchester | Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd |
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