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Lucerna Newsletters

Current and recent print editions of Lucerna are available solely to members of the Roman Finds Group. Published twice-yearly, this newsletter is now past its 50th edition.

Lucerna contains all that this website does, and even more: articles submitted by members, recently-discovered artefacts, appeals for help with identification, as well as information on all the page headings above, in greater detail, such as summaries of study days and conferences, book reviews and forthcoming events.

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(Please note that contact details of current committee members should be taken from our 'RFG Committee' page above, not from these archive Lucernae.)

Lucerna 58, January 2020

Adam Parker	A Marble Relief of the 'All-Suffering Eye' in Woburn Abbey	6
Roland Cobbett	The Colliton Park Dice Tower and others Made of Wood and Bone	10

Lucerna 57, July 2019

Summer L. Courts and Timothy M. Penn	A Corpus of Gaming Boards from Roman Britain	4
Alastair Willis	An Anthropomorphic Cosmetic Mortar from Flintham, Nottinghamshire	13

Lucerna 56, January 2019

Gil Burleigh and Ralph Jackson	AImages of Silenius from the Territoriu, of Romano-British Baldock	4
Natasha Harlow	Roman Bone Gaming Counters from Caistor St Edmund	8

Lucerna 55, July 2018

Michael Marshall	An Anthropomorphic Clasp-Knife Handle from the Thames Foreshore at London	5
Jörn Schuster	Is there such a thing as a Roman Slate Stylus?	8

Lucerna 54, January 2018

Gil Burleigh	Finds from Sacred Places in the Landscape around Romano-British Baldock	5
Piercebridge, County Durham	Mystery Objects	19

Lucerna 53, June 2017

Michael Marshall	Stained Bone Hairpins from Roman London	6
RFG	Spring Conference, St Albans	11
Can you help?	Linchpins and a Silver Finger-ring	6

Lucerna 52, January 2017

Adam Parker	A Copper-Bowl with Phallic Decoration from Trier, in the Collection of the Yorkshire Museum	5
Martin J. Dearne	A Crossed Line: A Slightly Different (?Military) Harness Mount	9
Adam Parker	Mystery Object: A Gold Plaque in the Yorkshire Museum	10
David Sherlock	Bringing Writing Tablets to Life	11

Lucerna 51, June 2016

Glynn J.C. Davis	Bone Spatulate Strips From Roman London	6
Tatiana Ivleva	Ongoing Research: Global Glass Adornments Event Horizon in the Late Iron Age and Roman Period Frontiers (100 BC - AD 250)	15

Lucerna 50, January 2016

Ben Paites	The Manufacture and Symbolism of Radiating Designs on Brooches in Roman Britain	14-21
John Pearce, Sally Worrell and Frank Basford	Mars, Roma or Love. Actually? A New Monogram Brooch from Britain	22-23
Philip Smither	Ongoing Research: Romano-British Weighing Instruments	24-25

Lucerna 49, July 2015

Humphreys, 0wen and Marshall, Michael	“The same, but different”: a miscellany of ‘Bügelzangen’ and related objects from Roman London	4-14
K. Adams, D. Boughton, A. Byard, R. Griffiths, M. Phelps, D. Williams, J. Pearce and S. Worrell	From figurines to fob-danglers: finds from PAS	25-29

Lucerna 48, January 2015

Barbara Birley,	Keeping up appearances: the wooden hair combs from Vindolanda	5
Gill Dunn	Recent finds from Chester focusing on finds from the amphitheatre	5
Nicholas Ford	EXPLORING SECONDARY USE AND MEANING IN ROMAN COINS WITH REFERENCE TO A NUMMUS OF DIOCLETIAN	8-10

 

Lucerna 47, July 2014

Greep, Stephen and Marshall, Michael	Brigantian immigrants to Londinium? New finds of perforated bone ‘spoons’	2-7
Worrell, Sally	Mystery objects (bronze ?vessel fragment with relief, gilded disc brooch, and ithyphallic figurines)	21

Lucerna 46, January 2014

Dobson, Rebecca	Ritual or refuse? A summary of an artefact assemblage from the river Tees, Piercebridge	2-4
Lydamore, Chris with Hall, Jenny and Jackson, Ralph	Nodge Nolan obituary	5-6
Greep, Stephen	Red deer at the end of Roman Britain- a change in diet, hunting practices or new industrial processes?	7-9

Lucerna 45, July 2013

Wardle, Angela and Marshall, Michael	Two obsidian objects from Roman London (probably handles)	1-2
Worrell, Sally and Pearce, John	A selection of Roman artefacts recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme in 2012	4-8
Greep, Stephen	Some more fishes? (bone fish pendants)	13
Bowsher, Julian and Marshall, Michael	A first glance at two prehistoric objects from Roman London

Lucerna 44, January 2013

Cool, Hilary; Briggs, Stephen; Irving, Pam; Ward, Margaret; Henig, Martin	Glenys Lloyd-Morgan: an appreciation; the life; the young archaeologist; Glenys at Chester; Glenys and Venus	1-5
Crummy, Nina	Glenys Lloyd-Morgan: a bibliography	5-8
Swift, Ellen	An Iron Age helmet from Kent	9
Henig, Martin	The Silchester eagle: a comment	32-33

Lucerna 43, July 2012

Durham, Emma	The Silchester eagle	7-8
Greep, Stephen	Five little fishes…or more? (bone fish pendants)	8-11
Mackreth, Donald	Dragonesque brooches (list including PAS items)	11-12
de Jersey, Philip	Jersey: a new coin hoard (iron age coins)	12
Friendship-Taylor, Roy	Mystery object	13

Lucerna 42, January 2012

Friendship-Taylor, Roy and Greep, Stephen	A Claudian pit-group of bone hinges and box fittings from a ‘military’ latrine pit beneath the Piddington phase 1b proto-villa	2-9
Mackreth, Donald	Brooches needing a home (plea from specialist who wants to return finds to excavators)	9-10
Statton, Michelle	A follow-up on the AHRC collaborative doctoral awards, with an introduction to a study on dress, adornment and identity in late Iron Age and Roman Britain	16-19

Lucerna 41, July 2011

Aggujaro, Angela	Roman razor from Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham	3-5
Ferris, Iain	Images of disabled and Africans/black people (plea for information)	7

Lucerna 40, January 2011

Dearne, Martin

A flagon lid from Enfield and a note on the type

3-5

Lucerna 39, September 2010

Feugère, Michel

The Artefacts Project: an encyclopaedia of archaeological small finds

4-6

Lucerna 38, July 2009

McIntosh, Frances	Wirral brooch: a regional variant of Roman bow brooch	3-5
Sherlock, David	Towards a typology of Romano-British spoons	5-8
Reynolds, Julie	A puzzling object from South Wales- any clues gratefully received (unusual pair of tweezers)	8
Payne, Naomi and Durham, Emma	The little horse from Chalk Pit Field, Sedgeford, Norfolk.	9-10
McIntosh, Frances	Brooch patterns? (lead trumpet brooch)	10

Lucerna 37, March 2009

Daubney, Adam	Romano-British ‘ToT’ rings- some variations	3-4
Crummy, Nina	Evidence for an Isis cult in Colchester	4-5
Timby, Jane and Rigby, Val	Gallo-Belgic pottery database	5
Hobbs, Richard	British Museum collections now just one click away	6-7
Friendship Taylor, Roy (with Feugère, Michel)	Mystery object identified (as Etruscan strainer) (see Lucerna 35)	13-14

Lucerna 36, July 2008

O’Riordan, Emma Jane	Small finds in the bigger picture: 3D scanning of archaeological objects for education and interpretation	3-10
Henig, Martin	A valedictory forbidding mourning (retrospective on his career as a small finds expert)	10-11
Dearne, Martin	A little poser from Enfield (possible Roman horse harness mount)	11-13

Lucerna 35, March 2008

Dawson, Alan	‘Minerva’ wax spatula handle from near Norwich	2
Friendship-Taylor, Roy	Mystery object	2
Williams, Sandie	Plea for bells	3
Scott, Wendy	Possible temple site in Leicestershire	3

Lucerna 34, December 2007

Webb, Dave	A patera/trulleum from Clay Farm, Cambridgeshire. Notes from ongoing research and the development of an online resource	2-5
Lydamore, Chris	A bath saucer from near Harlow, Essex	6
Lydamore, Chris	A possible method of producing barbed projectile heads in the late Roman period	6-8

Lucerna 33, March 2007

Mould, Quita	A double-headed button and loop fastener from Reighton, North Yorkshire	2-6
Shaffrey, Ruth	The puddingstone rotary querns from Springhead Roman town, Kent	6-10

Lucerna 32, September 2006

Kiernan, Philip	The Roman model objects project	2-3
Hobbs, Richard	Unusual silver spoon fragment	4
Crummy, Nina	A jug handle from Silchester	4-6

Lucerna 31, January 2006

Schuster, Jorn et al	A late 5th – 6th century context (for a brooch) from Springhead, Kent	2-3
Jackson, Ralph	Unusual greyhound brooch	4

Lucerna 30, September 2005

Hill, JD & Crummy, Nina	Late Iron-Age shears from Hertfordshire	2-4
Pooley, Laura	A gilded bone hairoin from Colchester	5
Puls, Jodi	Roman hairpins from Hampshire	6
Watters, Julian	Figurine of Harpcrates	7
Hobbs, Richard	Unusual Roman ‘test piece’	8
Williams, Sandie	Two bone stoppers from Silchester	9
Jackson, Ralph	An enamelled bronze pan from Staffordshire Moorlands, England: a souvenir from Hadrian’s Wall	10

Lucerna 29, January 2005

Palmer, John	Catalogue of Roman Purbeck mortars	2-4
Major, Hilary	A pincer-type brooch from Southwark	5
Booth, Paul	Late Roman spurs from Lankhills, Winchester	6
Crummy, Nina	An unusual lamp from Colchester	7
Reece, Richard	The new Corinium Museum	8-9
Williams, Sandie	Tubular ferrules	9-11
Cool, Hilary	Brooches and moulds from Dymock	22

Lucerna 28, July 2004

Jackson, Ralph	An unusual weapon find from Roman Britain	2-3
Wallace, Colin	(Portable) pine cone symbolism in Roman Britain	4-6
Friendship-Taylor, Roy	A new pair of Agathangelus type tweezers from Piddington Roman villa	6
Eckardt, Hella & Crummy, Nina	Presenting the body – toilet instruments in Roman Britain	7
Tracey, Justine	Purbeck marble inscriptions in Silchester	8-10
Minter, Faye	Strap fasteners from Suffolk	12-14
Worrell, Sally	Some new late Roman rivet spurs	20-22
Crummy, Nina	Using the Portable Antiquities Scheme data for research (using nail cleaners as a source)	23-27

Lucerna 27, January 2004

Major, Hilary	The dating of Puddingstone querns	2-4
Bolton, Angie	Ox-head bucket mounts – a plea for details	4-5
Cool, Hilary	A soldier from Herculaneum	5-7
Hoffman, Birgitta	A brief note on the end date of the Cipius Polybius skillets	8-9
Herepath, Nick	A survey of Roman brooches from Cheshire	9-12
Herepath, Nick	‘Jelly baby’ mounts from Yorkshire	13
Crummy, Nina	And there’s more (wax  spatula handles)	21
Tongue, James	Seal boxes from Britain – a morphological review	23-41

Lucerna 26, July 2003

Jackson, Ralph	A new treasure and a new goddess for Roman Britain	2-4
Crummy, Nina	Hunter-god handle from Yorkshire	5-6
McSloy, Ed	A zoomorphic clasp-knife handle from Gloucester	6-8
Cambridge, Owen & Watt, Tommy	The northernmost Roman brooch from Britain	8
Feugere, Michel	Penknives from Newstead: writing accessories	9-11
Hobbs, Richard	New iron Age site from East Leicestershire	12-14
Pugsley, Paola	Pasta shapes	14-15
Croom, Alex	Sexing brooches	16-19

Lucerna 25, January 2003

Eckardt, Hella & Hobbs, Richard	An unusual decorated candlestick from Springhead, Kent	2-5
Robinson, Dan & Clarke, Vanessa	Possible temple inscription found in Chester	6
Grew, Francis & Brown, Gary	Londiniensium – cast in stone	7-8
Snape, Margaret	A worked stone from the vicus at South Shields (Arbeia)	8
Jackson, Ralph & Friendship-Taylor, Roy	The Piddington gladiator clasp-knife	9-11
Hill, JD	A pair of silver penannular brooches from Wheathampstead	11-12
Wardle, Angela	Ivory implements from London	12-13
Worrell, Sally	More Minerva bust wax spatula handles	13
Crummy, Nina	Other types of wax spatula from Britain	14-17

Lucerna 24, July 2002

Pugsley, Paola	An item of Roman coopered furniture from Dorchester (Dorset)	7-10
Worrell, Sally	Some portable antiquities from Hampshire and Wiltshire	13-14
Geake, Helen	New wax spatula from Suffolk	14-15
Greep, Stephen	More amulets (Silchester)	15
Eckardt, Hella	Candlesticks in Roman Britain	15-16
Cool, Hilary	The Catterick Gallus	18-21

Lucerna 23, January 2002

Major, Hilary	Roman decorated iron styli	2-6
Crummy, Nina	Wax spatula handle from Yorkshire	6-8
Johns, Catherine	A gold amulet-pendant from Eaton Constantine, Shropshire	9-10
Dunn, Gillian	Bronze vessels from Middlewich	11
Eckardt & Crummy	Ivory folding-knife handle from Silchester	12-13
Abauzit, Pierre	No more mystery? Bone phalluses - an explanation for the mystery widgets in Lucerna 22	13-14
Harrison, Emma	Box appeal – boxes found from Grateley South, Hants	14-15
Codreanu-Windauer, Silvia & Bartei, Antja (Trans, Eckardt & Crummy)	Spindle, Whorl, Pot – a remarkable group of grave goods from Bavaria	17-27

Lucerna 22, July 2001

Crummy, Nina	Nail-cleaners: regionality at the clean edge of Empire	2-6
Wardle, Angela	Mystery widgets – 2 unusual bone objects from London	7
Stokes, Mike with contributions from Henig, M & Johns, C	Rings and things	7-8
Pugsley, Paola	Etruscan hinged shoes	9-10
Penny, Stephen	Lead salt pans	11
Cotton, Jon	Bibliography of sets of gaming counters	12-13

Lucerna 21, January 2001

Pugsley, Paola	Of Timotei and boxwood combs	3-6
Hembrey, Nicola	Help needed – mystery sandstone ?table fragment	7
Crummy, Nina	Toy storey – stacked counters from Colchester	7
Carter, Barry	Two lead bull heads from Cambridgeshire	7-8
Paynton, Ceinwen	Button-and-loop fasteners in a Roman province: A step towards a regional typology?	8-9
Pugsley, Paola	Wooden combs and niche markets	9-10

Lucerna 20, July 2000

Cooke, Nick	Antler combs, big hair and the Mafia in late Roman Britain – an e-mail correspondence	3-7
Eckardt, Hella	An imported candlestick from Silchester	8
Crummy, Nina	An unusual brooch from Heybridge	8-9
Carter, Barry	A lead model from St Albans	10
Crummy, Nina et al	Agathangelus stamp	10-11
Snape, Margaret	Some unusual brooches from Arbeia Roman fort, South Shields	12

Lucerna 19, January 2000

Cool, Hilary	Hairstyles and lifestyles	3-6
Crummy, Nina	A late Roman grave group from Durobrivae	7-10

Lucerna 18, July 1999

Cool Hilary	Surfing the database	9-10
Allason-Jones, Lindsay	Gilding the black lily	11-12
Carter Barry	Lead brooches from Gloucester	12-13

Lucerna 17, January 1999

Cooper, Nick	Mystery objects from excavations at Scole, Norfolk/Suffolk 1993-94	3-6
Crimmins, Julia & Keally, Claire	A fibula in Dublin	6-8

Lucerna 16, July 1998

Riddler, Ian	Hone News from Abroad:  The Clausentium Lamella	3
Guest, Peter Johns, Catherine	The Hoxne Hoard – an update	4-8

Lucerna 15, March 1998

Dearne, Martin	Research into Brooch Catchplate Return Decoration	3-4
Allen, Vincent	Mystery objects from Clausentium - bone objects	6

Lucerna 14, July 1997

Pollard, Richard	A ceramic cult figure from Leicester Longer version published in Britannia 29 (1998)	2-4
Hoffman, Birgitta	Millefiori gaming counters	5-6
Ponting, Matthew	Roman Military Metalwork from Masada and Gamla, Israel: the chemistry of soldier and civilian in first century Palestine	7-9

Lucerna 13, January 1997

Cool, Hilary

Panelled enamel vessels

2-3

Lucerna 12, August 1996

Snape, Margaret

First century brooches on the northern frontier

2-5

Lucerna 11, April 1996

Mackreth, Don	Colchesters in the North	5-8
Seeley, Fiona	An enigmatic object from Scole	12

Lucerna 10, November 1995

Wallace, Colin	Gallo-Roman clay figurines: how to find your way around the literature	2-5
Dearne, Martin	Spoon brooches	6
Wise, Philip	A fragment of Roman silver plate from Ratley and Upton	7-8

Lucerna 9, June 1995

Dearne, Martin	A burning question (Roman coal use in Britain)   (Later article published: Dearne, M. I. & Branigan K. The use of coal in Roman Bntain Ant. J.75 (1995), 71-105)	3-4
Seeley, Fiona	Roman doorbells	5-6

Lucerna 8, March 1994

Croom, Alex & Snape, Margaret

Grave goods from the cemetery at Arbeia Roman fort, South Shields

1-2

Lucerna 7, April 1993

Lucerna 7, April 1993

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Lucerna 6, July 1992

Cool, Hilary	Introducing - Empty Vessels Signifying Something: An introduction to the common types of drinking vessels found on Romano-British sites	4-8
Kennett, D H	Introducing – An Introduction to late Roman bronze vessels and their literature	9-13

Lucerna 5, February 1992

Snape, Margaret	A Roman or Sub Roman Brooch	2-3
Clay, Patrick	Lead seal rewrites history – Roman lead seal from Thorpe by Glebe	4-5

Lucerna 4, September 1991

Mackreth, Don	Brooch stamps in third-century Britain	2-3
Appleton, Graham	An introduction to the literature on Roman garden decoration with special reference to sculpture	4-8

Lucerna 3, January 1991

Jones, Christine	Annum Novum Faustum Felicem Mihi! - Ceramic lamp celebrating the New Year	3-4
Davies, John	A late Roman bronze punch from Hampshire	5-7
Dearne, Martin	A Hebridean brooch	8
Bishop, Mike	An introduction to the literature on Lorica Segmentata	9-12
Davies, John	An introduction to the literature on Roman coins from British sites	13-16

Lucerna 2, Spring 1990

Evans, David	Column base from the extra-mural settlement at Caerleon: Gwent	7-9
Jones, Christine	An identification problem unhinged – bone hinges	10-12
Lloyd-Morgan, Glynnis	An introduction to Roman mirrors and their literature	13-18

Lucerna 1, Autumn 1989

Bayley, Justine	Castleford moulds – bronze flask (Request for parallels)	4
Clay, Patrick	A Roman clasp knife from the Shires excavation, Leicester	5-6
Cool, Hilary	An introduction to the literature on Romano-British brooches	8-12
Duncan, Holly	Roman boxwood comb	13-15

Lucerna 57, July 2019

Summer L. Courts and Timothy M. Penn	A Corpus of Gaming Boards from Roman Britain	4
Alastair Willis	An Anthropomorphic Cosmetic Mortar from Flintham, Nottinghamshire	13

 

 

 

Lucerna 57, July 2019

Summer L. Courts and Timothy M. Penn	A Corpus of Gaming Boards from Roman Britain	4
Alastair Willis	An Anthropomorphic Cosmetic Mortar from Flintham, Nottinghamshire	13

 

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