Really outstanding weather again. Various things happening on different ends of the site. Someone came up with this:
This is an intaglio. These were semi precious stones that would be engraved with an image - usually a god of some sort - and set into a ring. Sometimes they fell out. This was a random find, but they are very common in the drain systems of Roman baths. The heat would make the metal expand, the stone would drop out and go down the drain!
Back to my area....\
It really does look like a random patch of rock and rubble, especially since the little arc of undisturbed dirt was taken out. But it is still....something.
A floor surface starts to emerge.
And my star find of the day?
What a nice nail! Probably a hobnail from Roman foot wear but you can't rule out any of a number of other uses from all sorts of time frames.
Intoxicating weather forecast for tomorrow. And some of those rocks are going bye-bye....
2 comments:
Love reading about your adventures in Vindolanda. I thought of you this AM when I ran across this list of things NOT to do on a dig... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG95Y0V4OJ5EzRszzoxPolmEEiwJZ_mpw2qeT9FL0uultsP6K_-JTBpzDLbiqe7YPjiHaDbZS41k7W2Ust1sdO6aH2tV16eJvcGM1Pdeim7jhy0GTB8GTdo8DJ4bXlXwCrLt9pbPBJ8Jp4GBFbs_wjXdR2OWWGk5ABySoJtfyQB3u7pg5LSiyY18qmuFs/s2001/Meme%20-%20Things%20I%20am%20not%20allowed%20to%20do%20on%20the%20dig.png
Link came through as a bit of a hash. But I took the plunge and looked it up. All true.
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