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decoration where the bracelet is widest from front-to-back 

 rather than side-to-side, belongs to a type discussed in 

 Webster 1992, 45, nos. 274-7. Late AD3rd -4th century. 

 Length 40 mm, section 2 x 1mm. 



Object 8. Area 2, midden seg. 4238, SF231. Six 

 fragments of a spoon with traces of white metal plating, 

 probably of the same type and date as 7 above. There are 

 five fragments from around the rim of the bowl. The other 

 piece comprise a trace of the bowl, the offset volute and 

 perhaps a third of the original length of the stem. The 

 offset may originally have been a pierced disc rather than 

 an open volute but is now too corroded for identification. 

 Largest bowl fragment 22 x 1 7mm, length of stem 42mm. 



Object 11. Area 2, midden seg. 4026, SF250. Ring 

 of facetted section. External 25mm, internal 19mm. 



Object 12. Area 2, Pit F4225, context 4226, SF237. 

 Sub-round disc cut from sheet metal and pierced with 

 central hole. It is probably a washer but could be part of 

 a larger object (such as the suspension loop of a toilet 

 implement or the terminal for attachment of a small 

 handle). 9.5 x 8.5mm. 



Object 13. Area 2, Ditch F4294, seg. 4075. Tapering 

 strip of sheet metal, bent at 45° angle, with solder on 

 both faces of the wider end. Possibly a pointer (cf 

 Canterbury Marlowe Car Park; Garrard et al 1995; 1036, 

 no. 455, fig. 441). Maximum width 7mm, overall 28 x 

 24mm. 



CATALOGUE OF LEAD 



Illustrated 



Fig. 12.4. (Object 15). Area 2, midden seg. 4016, SF312. 

 Irregular off-cut from a moulded object. 37 x 17 x 9mm. 

 Fig. 12.6. (14). midden seg. 4022, SF245 Die. Cube 

 with chamfered edges and the numbers marked by 

 punched dots. The face of the number one has been 

 gouged out. The numbers on opposing sides add up to 7 

 in the typical Roman fashion, still in use today, although 

 less common in the medieval period. The configuration 

 is type Aii (Brown 1990, 692-4). Two Roman lead dice, 

 one of 4th-century date, came from the Bancroft villa 

 (Bird 1994, 347, no 311, fig. 174 and Williams and 

 Zeepvat 1987, 146, no. 203, fig. 47). 16 x 16 x 16 mm. 



off-cut of triangular section. Length 74mm, maximum 

 section 17 x 9mm. 



Object 20. Area 2, midden seg. 4016, SF311. 

 Irregular, slightly twisted off-cut. 57 x 16 x 15mm. 



Object 21. Area 2, layer 4091, SF258. Irregular off- 

 cut of thick, L-shaped section. 34 x 27 x 18mm. 



Object 22. Area 2, midden seg. 4039, SF199. Splash 

 of molten metal, poured onto an uneven surface such as 

 stone. The upper face is smooth and the edges rounded. 

 The edges have been roughly nicked. 60 x 22 x 6mm. 



Object 23. Area 2, midden seg. 4027, SF209. Thick, 

 irregular and slighdy domed lump. Possibly formed when 

 the molten metal was poured into a rough vessel or 

 crucible. 65 mm, height 18 mm. 



Object 24. Area 2, midden 4255, SF265. Splash. 57 

 x 45 x 8mm. 



Object 25. Area 2, midden seg. 4020, SF316. Splash. 

 26 x 17 x 3 mm. 



Object 26. Area 2, midden seg. 4022, SF322. Small 

 lump. 21 x 18 x 12 mm. 



CATALOGUE OF WORKED 

 BONE 



Fig. 12.5. (Object 27). Area 2, Pit F4225, context 4239, 

 SF267. Two conjoining fragments of a decorated bone 

 strip for inlay on a box or similar. The flat strip is incised 

 with a row of double ring-and-dot motifs bordered by 

 two parallel grooves along each edge. The inner groove 

 on one edge has regularly spaced diagonal slashes cut 

 across it. One end is mitred and the other is broken. There 

 are no holes for attachment. This type of mount occurs 

 in contexts from the 4th century (Richborough; 

 Henderson 1949, 152, no.276,pl. LVTf and Wilson 1968, 

 106, no. 225, pis. LXI-LXII) onwards into the medieval 

 period (cfYbrk Minster; MacGregor 1995, 419-20, nos. 

 11.6-14, fig. 158 for 12th-century and earlier examples). 

 Length 46mm, width 21mm. 



Not illustrated 



Object 16. Area 2, midden seg. 4018, SF315.Two 

 conjoining fragments of an object, possibly a pot rivet. 

 26 x 17x5 mm and 24 x 1 1 x 8 mm. 



Object 17. Area 2, midden seg. 4055, SF197. Two 

 conjoining fragments of an object, possibly a pot rivet. 

 23 x 19mm, maximum thickness 4 mm. 



Object 18. Area 2, Pit F4225, context 4239, SF379. 

 Leaf-shaped fragment, probably an off-cut. One curved 

 edge appears to be original. 58 x 30 x 8mm. 



Object 1 9. Area 2, midden seg. 40 1 6, SF248. Irregular 



Plate 6. The inscribed lead fragment (maximum width 

 78mm). By permission of Wiltshire County Council 

 Libraries and Heritage. 



