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STUD
Unique ID: HAMP-311393
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
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.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.3 mm
Weight: 7.97 g
Diameter: 12.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2858; NFR/1259
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Kings Somborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3632
Four figure Latitude: 51.086192
Four figure longitude: -1.487395
1:25K map: SU3632
1:10K map: SU33SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 115 | 116 |
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