Lorica Segmentata

Corrigenda

Volume I: A Handbook of Articulated Roman Plate Armour

M.Bishop

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Chapter 3: Early segmental armour

Fig.3.5 (fresco depicting Hector from the Golden House, referred to on page 21) has been omitted.

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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

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’: Bucklesp. 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

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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.’

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 Loopspp. 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-Ringsp. 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

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‘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.

Bibliographyp. 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’

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