Lorica Segmentata

Corrigenda

Volume I: A Handbook of
Articulated Roman Plate Armour

M.Bishop

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 Lorica Segmentata

Corrigenda

Volume II: A Catalogue of Finds

M.D. Thomas

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Category ‘A’: Hinged
Buckles
p. 16 Aii-44 Richborough Context missing,
instead of ‘as above’ should read: ‘Area VIII, in a
deposit of heavily burnt material overlying a clay
floor about 12-ins thick. It lay N of the main E/W
road, immediately to the W of the defences of the
3rd century earth fort. Dated AD 55–75’
Category B: Hinged
Straps
p. 21 Contents Delete ‘Alcester’ from the site list.
p. 22 Bi-9 Corbridge Context missing, instead of
‘as above’ should read: ‘SE corner of courtyard of
Site 11 and dug into the destruction debris of an
earlier Phase I building. Deposited during Phase
2, dated AD 122–38.’
p. 22 Bi-17 Kaiseraugst Inventory number
missing, should read: 1988.51.C04836.6
p. 23 Bi-27 Richborough Context missing,
instead of ‘as above’ should read: ‘Area VIII, in a
deposit of heavily burnt material overlying a clay
floor about 12 ins thick. It lay N of the main E/W
road, immediately to the W of the defences of the
3rd century earth fort. Dated AD 55–75’.
p. 24 Bii-02 Alcester This fitment should not be
included here. It is Cii-02 (which is present in the
proper place). Included here through error in
interpreting the drawing. Delete.
p. 26 Bii-13 Corbridge Context missing, should
read: ‘SE corner of courtyard of Site 11 and dug
into the destruction debris of an earlier Phase I
building. Deposited during Phase 2, dated AD
122–38.’
p. 26 Bii-26 Richborough Context missing,
instead of ‘as above’ should read: ‘Area VIII, in a
deposit of heavily burnt material overlying a clay
floor about 12-ins thick. It lay N of the main E/W
road, immediately to the W of the defences of the
3rd century earth fort. Dated AD 55–75’
p. 31 Bv-02 Oberstimm There are three fitments
for this section, two from BDA and one from
Oberstimm. The numbering is wrong. The BDA
pieces should be numbered Bv-01a and Bv-01b
and the Oberstimm is then Bv-02.
Category ‘C’: Hinged
Fittings
p. 33 Ci-06 Banasa Reference missing. Should
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read: BOUBE-PICCOT 1994: 60 & Pl.3, 34
p. 33 Cii-07 Banasa Reference missing. Should
read: BOUBE-PICCOT 1994: 60 & Pl.3, 33
p. 41 Cii-72 Santon Bibliography lacks the ‘Smith’
reference, but has the ‘Spratling’ one for this item.
Therefore add: ‘SMITH 1909: 153, Pl. XVI, No.2’
before the Spratling reference.
p. 45 Cvii-01 Risstissen Description is wrong and
does not fit for this item which has three rivet
holes. Should read: ‘This half of a hinge contains
three rivet holes. None of the rivets are present.’
Category ‘D’: Hingeless
Buckles
p. 47 Contents ‘Corbridge’ is missing from the
site list.
p. 47 Di-07 Colchester Inventory number should
read: ‘None recorded’. Reference also in error,
should be: ‘Fig.66, 54’, not ‘Fig.65, 54’.
p. 51 Div-01 Kalkriese Inventory number should
read: ‘None recorded’.
Category ‘E’: Buckles
p. 56 Contents ‘Iža’, ‘Windisch’, ‘Woodcock Hall’
and ‘Wroxeter’ are missing from the site list.
Category ‘F’: Shoulder
Hinges
p. 62 Contents ‘Baden du Parc’, ‘Häsenbuhl’ and
‘Volubilis’ are missing from the site list
p. 62 Typology – No.ix, ‘either only part of hinge
plate only or’ should read ‘either only part of
hinge plate or’.
p. 64 Fiii-8 Corbridge Context given ‘as above’,
should be: ‘SE corner of courtyard of Site 11 and
dug into the destruction debris of an earlier Phase
I building. Deposited during Phase 2, dated AD
122–38’.
p. 65 Fiii-15 Richborough Context given ‘as
above’. Should be: ‘Area VIII, in a deposit of
heavily burnt material overlying a clay floor about
12 ins thick. It lay north of the main E/W road,
immediately to the W of the defences of the 3rd
century earth fort. Dated AD 55–75’.
p. 66 Fiv-5 Caernarfon Context missing in place
of ‘as above’, should be: ‘(2172), Period 6A, in a
pit in Room X of SS2, a courtyard building.’
pp.66–7 Fiv-17–19 inclusive Corbridge Context
given ‘as above’ or missing, should be: ‘SE corner
of courtyard of Site 11 and dug into the
destruction debris of an earlier Phase I building.
Deposited during Phase 2, dated AD 122–38.’
p. 66 Fiv-11 Chichester Description is wrong.
The ½-hinge ‘shown below’ is somewhere else in
the text (different section of F). Therefore,
replace ‘shown below’ here with ‘see Fv-11’.
p. 71 Fiv-07 Chichester Description is wrong at
the end. Replace ‘see above’ in brackets with ‘see
Fiv-11’.
p. 71 Fv-11 Corbridge Context incorrect, should
be: ‘SE corner of courtyard of Site 11 and dug
into the destruction debris of an earlier Phase I
building. Deposited during Phase 2, dated AD
122–38.’
p. 72 Fv-12–15 inclusive Corbridge Context
given ‘as above’, should be: ‘SE corner of
courtyard of Site 11 and dug into the destruction
debris of an earlier Phase I building. Deposited
during Phase 2, dated AD 122–38.’
p. 75 Fvi-6 Caernarfon Context missing in place
of ‘as above’, should be: ‘(2172), Period 6A, in a
pit in Room X of SS2, a courtyard building.’
pp. 75–6 Fvi-11–20 inclusive Corbridge Context
incorrect or given ‘as above‘, should be: ‘SE
corner of courtyard of Site 11 and dug into the
destruction debris of an earlier Phase I building'.
Deposited during Phase 2, dated AD 122–38..’
p. 77 Fvi-34 Richborough Context missing, given
‘as above’. Should read: ‘Area VIII, in a deposit of
heavily burnt material overlying a clay floor about
12 ins thick. It lay north of the main E/W road,
immediately to the W of the defences of the 3rd
century earth fort. Dated AD 55–75’.
p. 77 Fvi-39 Silchester Link to Fiv/43 is wrong –
should be Fiv/44.
p. 80 Fix-1 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg Mistake to
link for companion plate. Should link to Fv/3
NOT Fv/2. The final sentence is also unnecessary.
p. 81 Fix-2 Baden du Parc Reference is wrong.
Actually appears in Deschler-Erb volume on
Oberwinterthur, dated 1996, not 1998! Should
read: Deschler-Erb, E. 1996; Beiträge zum
römischen Oberwinterthur – Vitudurum 7,
Monograph der Kantonarchäologie Zürich 27
(Zurich & Egg)
p. 81 Fix-11 Caernarfon Context missing, given:
‘as above’. Should read: ‘From a pit (2172), at the
end of Period 6A, sealed beneath a Period 7 floor.
Room X of the courtyard building SS2.
Hadrianic-?early Antonine.’
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Category ‘G’: Vertical
Fasteners
p. 86 Contents ‘Oberstimm’ is missing from the
site list.
p. 86 Gi-03–08 inclusive [6 entries] Corbridge
Change context to: ‘SE corner of courtyard of Site
11 and dug into the destruction debris of an
earlier Phase I building. Deposited during Phase
2, dated AD 122–38.’
pp. 88–9 Giii-04–09 inclusive [6 entries]
Corbridge Change context to: ‘SE corner of
courtyard of Site 11 and dug into the destruction
debris of an earlier Phase I building. Deposited
during Phase 2, dated AD 122–38.’
Category ‘H’: Tie Loops
pp. 91–108 passim Corbridge All references to
the Corbridge context need to be replaced by: ‘SE
corner of courtyard of Site 11 and dug into the
destruction debris of an earlier Phase I building.
Deposited during Phase 2, dated AD 122–38.’
p. 91 Hi-6 & p. 102 Hv-3 Banasa Illustrations are
currently the same, though these are clearly two
different hooks. Hi-6 is correct, but Hv-3 should
be the following:
Category ‘I’: Tie-Rings
p. 109 Ii-2 Bad Deutsch-Altenberg Replace ‘ibid’
of reference with ‘von GROLLER 1901a’.
p. 109–10 Ii-13 Caerleon Context missing, given
‘as above’. Should be: ‘Drain group 4 upper
sediments and dated c. AD 160–230, but
including material from the end of the 3rd
century.’
Category ‘J’: Decorative
Washers
p. 114 Ji-9 Corbridge Context missing, given; ’as
above’. Replace with: ‘SE corner of courtyard of
Site 11 and dug into the destruction debris of an
earlier Phase I building'. Deposited during Phase
2, dated AD 122–38.’
p. 115 Ji-16 Richborough Context missing, given
‘as above’. Should be: ‘Area VIII, in a deposit of
heavily burnt material overlying a clay floor about
12-ins thick. It lay N of the main E/W road,
immediately to the W of the defences of the 3rd
century earth fort. Dated AD 55–75.’
Category ‘L’: Armour
Fragments
p. 121 Contents Error in preamble – scale given
as ‘one-third’, should be ‘one-sixth’.
pp. 121–35 passim Spelling error: there are
number of cases in this chapter where ‘Deschler-
Erb’ has been mis-spelled as ‘Dechler-Erb’.
p. 127 L-38, 39 and L-40 Corbridge The
fragment L-39 has been included in the wrong
section. It should be with L-40, i.e. the listing
should read ‘38’ and ‘39–40’.
p. 129 L-56, 57 & 58 Dangstetten L-57 belongs
with L-58, not L-56, i.e. the listing should read:
‘56’ and ‘57–58’.
p. 130 L-65/Iža The entire text entry is missing
(although the drawing is present). Should read:
‘65. Iža. Context: not recorded. Reference: RAJTAR
1994: 90 & 91, Abb.7, 1. Dimensions (from scale
drawing): L: 330mm; L (brass plate): 51mm, W:
51mm. Notes: Strip of girdle plate armour. At one
end is a copper-alloy plate, which covers a
rectangular slot in the iron. This was originally
secured with five small rivets, now missing. A tie-
ring would have passed through this slot.’
p. 130 L-69 London ‘WEBSTER 1959’ should
read ‘WEBSTER 1958’.
p. 134 L-112 Windisch Dimensions are missing.
Should be L: 144mm, W: 79.5mm.
Bibliography
p. 136 Insert ‘BIDWELL 1979: Bidwell, P.T. et al.,
The Legionary Bathhouse and Basilica and Forum at
Exeter, Exeter Archaeological Reports, Vol.I
(Exeter City Council & University of Exeter)’
p. 137 ‘CRUMMY 1992: Crummy, N.’ should read
‘CRUMMY 1992: Crummy, P.’
p. 138 Insert ‘van DRIEL-MURRAY 1994: van
Driel-Murray, C. (Ed)., Proceedings of the 9th
Roman Military Equipment Conference, JRMES
5. (Oxford, Oxbow Books)’
p. 139 Insert ‘von GROLLER 1919: von Groller,
M., Der Römische Limes in Osterreich 13, (Vienna &
Leipzig)’
p. 140 Insert ‘JACOBI 1909: Jacobi, L., ‘Das
Kastell Zugmantel’, Obergermanische-Rätische Limes,
8, 99–107’
p. 140 MURRAY-THREIPLAND 1966 should
read ‘MURRAY-THREIPLAND 1967’.
p. 142 Insert ‘WALKE 1965: Walke, N., Das
Römische Donau Kastell Straubing-Serviodurum – Das
römische Straubing und der Ostraetische Absnitt des
Donaulimes, Limesforschungen 3
p. 142 Insert ‘WEBSTER 1979: Webster, G., The
Roman Imperial Army, (London, A. & C. Black),
2nd edition 1979’