Roman lamps, Maldon (EHER 7704)

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Summary

Several Roman terracotta lamps from Maldon, one of which is in the Colchester Museum.

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Grid reference	TL 85 06 (point)
Civil Parish	MALDON, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

'Several Roman terracotta lamps from Maldon. One early one, with a wild boar decoration, in Col. Mus'. <1> <2> <3> Site Assessment: Accession number of lamp in Colchester Museum? The precise findspot and circumstances of discovery are unknown.

Finds

LAMP (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Sources

<1> SEX12276 LIST: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
<2> SEX19418 Bibliographic reference: Fitch, E.A.. 1905. Maldon and the River Blackwater. p.3.
<3> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Colchester Museum.

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Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance finds by unknown in Maldon, before 1905 (EEX62462)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL80

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