File:Iron Roman hobnail (FindID 130862).jpg

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Iron Roman hobnail
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2006-04-25 15:18:51
Title
Iron Roman hobnail
Description
English: A complete iron nail, probably a Roman hob nail. The head of the nail is conical and is 6.58mm high and 8.16mm in diameter. The shaft is circular in section and tapers only fractionally. The shaft is 12.22mm long, giving the object an over all length of 18.8mm. The nail weighs 1.36g.


Hob nails were used in Roman military footwear, boots were made from three main pieces of leather, the upper the sole and the insole, all three layers were clenched together with hobnails, frequently arranged in patterns, some which were created to facilitate comfortable walking (Bishop and Coulston 1993, 100, fig 61 ).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Central Bedfordshire
Date between 43 and 410
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FindID: 130862
Old ref: ESS-DF9AE6
Filename: DSCN3987.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/100141
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/100141/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/130862
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