Record ID: SF8842
Object type: BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy conical mount, decorated to resemble a stylised lion's head. The lowest part of the cone is undecorated and slopes quite steeply; a small part is missing. The slope then changes to very gentle, and steps up to a ring which is decorated with curving engraved lines to denote the lion's mane and ears. The next element again slopes more steeply, and is decorated with oval engraved eyes each with a central drilled dot; a similar drilled dot plus two curving lines forms the mouth. The uppermost element is sub-triangular and represents the nose of the lion. In the centre is …
Created on: Monday 24th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BARKING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8715
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy covered-loop terret, with the remains of an iron loop. At the top is a ring, externally 22 mm diameter and internally 13 mm diameter. A short neck decorated with a horizontal groove separates this from the 'skirt' which covers the loop. This consists of two short lateral pointed projections, and larger front and back elements which both taper in an ogee curve to a knobbed terminal. Underneath is some iron corrosion which appears to indicate an iron loop running from front to back, so at right angles to the ring.
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COCKFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8680
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy button-and-loop fastener of Wild's type Vib (fasteners with plain (i.e. unenamelled) rectangular heads). Although the head was probably originally rectangular, it has now lost most if not all of its edges, and is now sub-rectangular or sub-oval and measures 25 x 16 mm x 3 mm thick. The breaks are very old and worn, and reveal a number of small holes in the metal. In the centre the head is decorated with a deep dot surrounded by a double ring. The stem emerges from the reverse of the head, turns a right-angle and then expands into a sturdy teardrop-shaped loop which is …
Created on: Monday 10th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LAYER DE LA HAYE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF8698
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Monday 10th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRANTHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8705
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
One end of a wide copper-alloy bracelet. The fragment tapers from 19.5 mm wide at the end to 17 mm wide at the break, and is 28 mm long with a slight curve along its length. Although it is very worn all over - including the break - some transverse decoration, probably two rows of stamping or rouletting 7 mm apart, can be seen at the end. The rest of the bracelet has two groups of three rows of similar longitudinal decoration. The reverse is undecorated. Wide bracelets of this type are early Roman and are very much rarer than the narrow late Roman bracelets. This example was incl…
Created on: Monday 10th June 2002
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8669
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy figurine, now rather corroded, in the shape of an elongated dog carrying a smaller animal in its mouth. The dog has a long straight body and neck in line with each other, a long head, short tapering legs, genitalia, and the broken stub of a tail. The body and neck are cylindrical in cross-section, varying in diameter; the body is narrowest (4-5 mm diameter) just before the junction with the back legs, widens at the shoulders, and narrows again in the middle of the thick neck. There is a distinct step between the body and the back legs; these are formed from a Ushap…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DALLINGHOO', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF8676
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy button-and-loop fastener, of Wild's class VIc. The head is basically rectangular, with gently rounded sides and corners; it measures 17 x 12 mm. It has a raised border and longitudinal line along the centre, plus two raised lozenges bisected by the longitudinal line, all forming six outer and four inner triangular cells for enamel. The inner cells retain some white enamel in fairly good condition, but the enamel in the outer cells has completely decayed away. The stem projects from the reverse and then turns at a right angle; there is a lot of bubbly copper corrosion in…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ESSEX BRADFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8645
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy face modelled in relief and with a hollow reverse. Basically lozengiform in outline, it has two rows of multi-strand curls forming the hair, with a large high-relief central curl. The eyes are made up of two curved relief lines and are deeply set under the brows. The nose, mouth and chin are small and the cheeks are rounded. The object tapers to the edges and it is very hard to tell which, if any, of the edges are complete. There is no neck. There is no obvious means of attachment. It is very hard to tell the date of this cherub-like face. Its classical feel …
Created on: Wednesday 5th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CARLTON COLVILLE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF8632
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Five small body sherds of Roman grey ware.
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF8638
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Rim sherd of Roman grey ware, now in two pieces. A 3rd- or 4th-century rim shape.
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF8639
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8618
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Slender end-looped cosmetic pestle made from copper alloy. The very tip is missing (fresh break) and there is some invasive corrosion around the break. It is roughly circular in section, measuring a maximum of 5 mm in diameter and tapering slightly towards each end. The loop is circular and measures 5 mm in internal diameter. Neither the loop nor the rest of the pestle appears to be worn.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8530
Object type: SPATULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy handle from a wax spatula, in the shape of the goddess Minerva. The head has a helmet with large crest, a raised oval on each side, and either a substantial rim or a roll of hair beneath. The face has a worn nose and the eyes are just visible. There are no arms, and there are two V-shaped grooves on the chest. The back has three rounded facets but no other decoration. Just above the waist of the figure are two transverse ridges which run right around both front and back. Below this the handle flares out and has a triangular facet on both front and back, before flatte…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2002
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STONHAM EARL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8507
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy finger-ring, now bent a little out of shape. It is essentially D-shaped, with a flat bezel, a sharp demarcation between the bezel and the shoulders, and a smooth curve to the hoop including the shoulders. The bezel is a long hexagon, a maximum of 10 mm wide, with an oval recess in the centre measuring 8 x 9 mm, which originally held a stone or glass gem. The remains of the white adhesive used to fix the gem can be seen. There is a faint groove around the edge of the bezel. Deep V-shaped grooves then divide this from the shoulders, which are engraved with a single tran…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8508
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pelta-shaped mount made of copper alloy, now rather corroded and with small areas missing. The pelta is a crescent with the concave side extended into a mushroom-like stem. The stem on this mount expands at the far end, and the corners are missing. One of the ends of the crescent is missing and the other is curled around to end in a rounded terminal. Much of the edges are missing. The mount is flat and undecorated, and has two integral rivets on the reverse, one in the centre of the crescent and one on the stem. These are fairly large and have burred-over ends. The mount is rela…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8525
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified copper-alloy object, perhaps the bezel from a finger-ring. It is oval and measures 15.5 x 14 mm. It is flat, 2 mm thick, with bevelled edges giving a trapezoidal cross-section. Each face has a sunken centre; the smaller face is neatly made and is presumably designed to take a setting, and the larger face is less neatly made although very flat around the edges. There are no scars anywhere around the sides, although there are some white encrustations which may be decayed solder. There are some hints of a white-metal coating around the recess on the smaller face. It is …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8506
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
One end of a narrow copper-alloy bracelet, now bent out of shape but otherwise in very good unworn condition. The rectangular terminal is slightly flattened and expanded, to 5 mm wide, and has a central circular hole. The hoop of the bracelet begins at 3 mm wide, with a raised transverse rectangular panel with a transverse groove to either side. Then comes a long panel decorated with a central longitudinal groove, with oblique nicks to either side. This panel ends with a double transverse groove; next comes a ring-and-dot with two rings, another pair of transverse grooves, then a s…
Created on: Friday 3rd May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF8500
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead weight with iron wire at top. The base is rounded and is roughly sub-circular or sub-square, measuring 34 x 35 mm. The upper part is more conical and the total height of the weight (including the wire) is 26 mm. At the top is the iron; the end of one wire, c. 3 mm in diameter, can be seen right on the apex, with perhaps a second and third (or perhaps just patches of corrosion) a little further down. It weighs 136.76g. Biconical steelyard weights with iron or copper-alloy wire loops for suspension are well known from Roman sites. Similar weights of other shapes are less well …
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8470
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bezel and shoulders from a large finger-ring of Henig's type II/III or Guiraud's type 2. The shoulders flare out unevenly; on both shoulders, the angle on one side is much steeper than the angle on the other. The hoop is 4 mm wide at the furthest break and the bezel is 12 mm wide. Both breaks are old. The bezel has an oval recess for a missing setting, and within this recess is a lot of green corrosion. Apart from this the metal is very grey, and so although it is probably made from copper alloy there can be no certainty. The surviving width across the finger-ring is 23 mm.
Created on: Monday 29th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BARKING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8471
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bezel and shoulders from a copper-alloy finger-ring. There is a flat lozengiform bezel 12.5 mm wide, with the shoulders meeting it at an angle. At the junction of bezel and shoulders, the shoulders start slightly wider than the end of the bezel, but taper to perhaps 7 mm wide at the old breaks. The shoulders are now slightly bent; their edges are emphasised by broad grooves, but there is no groove on the bezel nor across the junction of shoulder and bezel. The bezel has an oval collar, 10 x 12 mm and 4 mm tall, which has lost its setting; traces of a possible adhesive survive. The…
Created on: Monday 29th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BARKING', grid reference and parish protected.