Record ID: ESS-BC3137
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Almost complete bone pin of Crummy Type 3. There is a transverse groove below a spherical/globular head with a diameter of 4.73mm. The shaft has a circular section with the tip missing. It is 107.85mm in length. The diameter of the shank is 2.15-2.68mm. The pin weighs 3.48g. See Crummy 1983, page 22 for examples of Type 3 pins from Colchester.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BC6591
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of bone pin. Part of the slightly faceted shaft survives, which is oblong in section. There are signs that the shaft has been burnt, with more than half of it blackened. It is 14.7mm in length, 3.7-9mm wide, 2.5-2.7 thick and weighs 0.26g.Though unclassifiable and undatable, it is probably Roman.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BC6DB6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a bone pin. Only part of the circular-sectioned shaft survives. It has a diameter of 3.65mm , is 31.6 long and weighs 0.29g. It is badly affected by heat, and the surfaces and core are blackened. Though unclassifiable and undatable it is probably Roman.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BC7D97
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of pin, probably copper-alloy. Only part of the very narrow circular-sectioned shaft survives, which is now creamy grey in colour. There are traces of green staining at one end. It is 23.79mm long, has a diameter of 1.45-1.68mm and weighs 0.29g.Though unclassifiable and undatable, it is probably Roman.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BD1345
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of bone pin, Crummy Type 3. It has a spherical head which is sub-oval in plan with a diameter of 7-7.67mm. It has a strongly tapering shaft extending from a point which is off-centre on the bottom of the head. The shaft has a longitudinal crack or fault on one side. The roughly circular-sectioned shaft is lightly faceted and has a diameter of 3.25mm at the junction with the head and 2.05mm at the tip. The original length of this pin can only have been slightly longer than its current length which is 20.52mm and it weighs 1.5g. It is similar to copper alloy furniture pins in st…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BD49A1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a bone pin. The shank is roughly circular in section, is slightly faceted and has a diameter of 3.4mm. It has a mid grey shiny patina and is 24.95mm long and weighs 0.4g. It is most probably Roman in date, although no diagnostic features survive.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BD54A8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy pin, probably of Roman date. Circular sectioned shaft with a diameter of 2.02-2.62mm which tapers slightly. It is 23.26mm long and weighs 0.58g. Even dark grey patina.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BD5C14
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy pin which is probably Roman in date. The head and tip of the circular-sectioned shaft are missing. The shaft fragment is 58.12mm long, has a diameter of 1.88-2.55mm and weighs 1.14g. The surfaces are pitted and corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BD9CB2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy pin. Only part of the circular-sectioned shaft survives. It is 29.72mm long, has a diameter of 2.7mm and weighs 0.82g. Cream/pale grey patina.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BE3C97
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy pin, Crummy Type 3. Bi-conical head, circular-sectioned shaft which is slightly bent. Much of the original surfaces are now lost due to pitting and erosion, but where they survive the surfaces are mid/brown. It is not possible to identify whether there was any surface decoration. It is 66.9mm long, the diameter of the shaft is 2.08mm and it weighs 1.82g. Similar examples have been found in excavations at Colchester (Crummy 1983, 29 nos. 480 & 484 fig. 28).
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BE5FF0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Four fragments of copper alloy pins. All are fragments from circular-sectioned shafts. a) Length: 27.58 Diameter 2.25 weight: 0.54g. Dark green patina. b) Length; 24.6 Diameter: 2.56mm weight: 0.56g dark green patina, some corrosion. c) Length: 22.51mm, diameter: 2.3, weight: 0.49g. Patchy grey/cream patina. d) Length: 24.77mm, diameter: 1.4-1.8mm weight: 0.3g. Patchy mid-dark green patina, pale grey core.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BE68E8
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy needle, Crummy Type 3. There is a groove above and below the eye on both faces. The eye is 12.40mm in length and 1.5mm in width. The shaft is broken at the end of the groove and there are chips on one side close to the break. The needle is 32.93mm long, weighs 0.93g and 2.95mm wide at its upper end and a maximum of 3.58mm wide at the centre. Dark green patina. Needles of this type date from the 3rd-4th century AD and a similar example was found at Colchester (Crummy 1983, 67, 1991, 1993).
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BE7D04
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy pin. Very narrow circular-sectioned shaft with regularly-spaced transverse notches along the existing length of one face of the shaft. Mid grey with occasional patches of bright green corrosion. It is 38.52mm long, has a diameter of 1.05mm and weighs 0.21g. Slightly pitted surfaces, some bright green corrosion within some of the notched decorations. No parallel could be found for this pin with its very narrow shaft and unusual regular decoration along its length, in Cool’s typology (1990) or from the Colchester report (Crummy 1983).
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BE86A3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy pin, Crummy Type 3. Small, flattened spherical head with a diameter of 3.9mm and a circular-sectioned shaft with a diameter of 2.32mm at its broken end. It is 58.07mm long and weighs 1.63g. Considerable amounts of the original surface are missing, otherwise the patina is dull, dark green.See Crummy 1983, page 29.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BEC4C4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Four fragments of copper alloy pin. Only fragments of the circular-sectioned and very straight shaft survives. a) Length: 48.19 Diameter of shank: 1.63 weight: 0.63g b) Length: 38.39 Diameter of shank: 1.36 Weight: 0.36g c) Length: 48.27 Diameter of shank: 1.62-1.76mm Weight: 0.71g. Slightly bent, dark brown patina. d) Length: 24.02 Diameter of shank: 2.57 Weight: 0.65g Dark brown patina, some areas of surface pitted.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BF8C27
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete bone pin, 61 mm long, made from a flat slab of bone roughly 3 mm thick. The shaft has been whittled down to a generally circular cross-section and the head has been left flat. The head is basically rectangular, 16 mm long and 14 mm wide, and three of the edges each have three notches cut into them giving a crenellated appearance. The fourth edge is filled by the top of the shaft. There is no decoration on the head. The shaft has an angular swelling close to the sharp point.The pin weighs 1.68g. There are facets on the shaft showing that it has been made by whittling w…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BFB1D5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object or possible hinge. Copper-alloy object, now rather corroded. It is basically flat and rectangular, 43 x 20 mm, and broken at one end. A groove runs along either long edge, and the front is divided into three fields by two longitudinal ridges, each of which is transversely ribbed on the top. The ridges and grooves run up to a pair of hinge loops at the complete end, apparently cast into shape onto the front of the object. Each one is as wide as the outer field, and they enclose an iron hinge bar. In between the hinge loops is the stub of a surviving pin, probab…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BFCDA2
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
One arm from a pair of copper-alloy tweezers, now very corroded. The loop is missing and the arm is a minimum of 5 mm wide at the fresh break. No decoration survives on the arm, which flares evenly to 11 mm wide at the tip. The tip is turned in at less than ninety degrees. Total surviving length 45 mm and the weight is 2.57g. It is very hard to date an undecorated pair of tweezers of this shape; they may be Roman, Anglo-Saxon or medieval. 43-1500 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BFF705
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Most of a pair of tweezers, now in three pieces. The tips of the arms are now missing, and the tweezers are now a maximum of 6 mm wide. They taper evenly towards the expanded loop, which is 4 mm wide. A groove runs up either long side and over the loop, but there is no other decoration. The metal is an unusual grey/beige colour, which suggests a lead alloy, but the object is also rather light, which might perhaps suggest an alloy predominantly of tin. The broken edges are very fresh, but a darker brown colour which does not help in identifying the metal.The object has a surviving …
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-C03955
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Head and part of shaft from a pin of Cool’s type 18, probably made from jet. The head is in the shape of a human head, roughly triangular in cross-section with a broad back to the head and a sharply pointed nose and chin. The chin is jutting, with a straight groove above for the mouth; a ridge above forms the upper lip, and above this is a short but prominent vertical ‘Roman’ nose. A solid brow ridge runs from the nose to the hair. Above is a quiff-like hairstyle which curves down the back of the pinhead. The hair is decorated with oblique grooves either side of a central ve…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2012
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