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Inscriptions on Leather Waste from Roman London

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Michael Rhodes
Michael Rhodes
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Department of Urban Archaeology, Museum of Londo.
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Twelve pieces of leather waste from various sites in the City of London and Southwark bear stamped or incised inscriptions, the majority of which seem to stand for personal names. Some occur on shoe sole off-cuts, others on waste pieces of thinner leather, and one on a discarded piece of hide from the head of a calf.

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Britannia , Volume 18 , November 1987 , pp. 173 - 181
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Copyright © Michael Rhodes 1987. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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