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1884.140.1513

Stone carved object

1884.140.1513

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone carved object
Long description
A black, shale-like, carved object. One end is broken. [CG [Excav. PR] 15/07/2013] Possibly a table leg ? [CG [Excav. PR] 14/10/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Greater London City of London EC2 London Wall Gooch and Cousens wool warehouse "in roadway"
Date / Period
Date made: Unknown Archaeological period: Roman, uncertain
Date collected
1866 Dec 28
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Material Shale Stone, Process Carved
Dimensions
Thick: max 37 mm, Width: max 90 mm, Length: max 146 mm, Weight 362 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.1513 PR Cat other PR nos: 1562 PR Cat other PR nos: 3657
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers excavated part of the London Wall in October - December 1866 at the site of a foundation of a new wool warehouse, the site was 70 x 200 feet. He found fragments of pottery, metal and leatherwork, Roman coins, animal bones (identified by Richard Owen), AW Franks identified the Roman Samian ware [Chapman, 1981: 249-50] [see Bowden, 1991] , this may have been collected then. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers monitored excavations happening at London Wall between October and December 1866. He published two papers on this in 1867. His work was also heavily referenced in a 1906 paper by Norman and Reader. Full references: Lane Fox, A. 1867a. ‘On objects of the Roman period found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall’ Archaeological Journal 24:61-64; Lane Fox, A. 1867b. ‘A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of pile buildings.’ Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5:71-83; Norman, P. and Reader, F.W. 1906. ‘Recent discoveries in connection with Roman London.’ Archaeologia 60:169-250 [CB 8/12/2009]

Paul Booth 12.09.2013 - A shale table leg, date uncertain. [CG [Excav. PR] 14/10/2013]

Associated publications
Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

Search terms: Ornament, Furniture Dwelling, Unidentified Object, Furniture

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