TEXTILES FROM A ROMAN LEAD COFFIN BURIAL, FROM ALINGTON AVENUE, NR. DORCHESTER.
Author(s): E Crowfoot
Textile fragments on bones in a Lead Coffin burial come from a man's garment of one of the traditional Roman patterns. The fine fragments of wool from the decoration (clavi), dyed with true purple (shellfish purple) indicate a high-quality Mediterranean import, and the burial of a person of importance. To be used in conjunction with AML Report 4956, "Dye Tests on Textile Samples from Allington Avenue, Dorchester", by Penelope Walton.
- Report Number:
- 57/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 3
- Keywords:
- Animal Fibre Animal Remains Dye Textile
