Interpreting Roman London

Papers in memory of Hugh Chapman

Edited by JOANNA BIRD, MARK HASSALL AND HARVEY SHELDON

Oxbow Monograph 58 Contents

Editors' foreword vii

List of contributors viii

Hugh Chapman, Michael Robbins x

Bibliography of Hugh Chapman's publications, Bernard Nurse xi

1 The temple of Diana, John Clark 1 /

2 The beginnings of archaeology in the City of London, Peter Marsden 11

3 London as a provincial capital, Mark Hassall 19

4 The status of Londinium, John Wilkes 27

5 Characterizing Roman London, Martin Millett 33

6 How to interpret Roman London?, Richard Reece 39

7 Monumental architecture in Roman London, T F C Blagg 43

8 A palace disproved: reassessing the provincial governor's presence in lst-century London, Gustav Milne 49 9 The cemeteries of Roman London: a review, Jenny Hall 57

10 A miniature chalk head from the Thames at Battersea and the 'cult of the head' in Roman London, Jonathan Cotton 85

11 Sculptors from the west in Roman London, Martin Henig 97

12 The London hunter-god and his significance in the history of Londinium, Ralph Merrifield 105

13 Isis, not Cybele: a bone hairpin from London, Catherine Johns 115 14 Frogs from the Walbrook: a cult pot and its attribution, Joanna Bird 119

15 Petrecus connected: thirty years on, G B Dannell 129

16 The hare with three front legs: London to Toronto, Alison HEasson 135

17 Late Iron Age and early Roman pottery traditions of the London region, Paul A Tyers 139

18 Procuratorial mortarium stamps, Katharine F Hartley 147

19 Problems of Roman coin interpretation in Greater London, MichaelJ Hammerson 153

20 Early decorated Roman spoons from London, Christine E E Jones & David Sherlock 165

21 A new collyrium-stamp from Staines and some thoughts on eye medicine in Roman London

and Britannia, Ralph Jackson 111

22 Roman material from London in the Pitt Rivers collection at Salisbury Museum, N Griffiths 189

23 Dem dry bones, Clive Orion 199

24 A five-acre wood in Roman Kent, RS O Tomlin 209

25 The London region in the Roman period, D G Bird 2X1 i

26 In searchof Sulloniacis, Harvey Sheldon 233

27 Stony Jack's Roman London, Jean Macdonald 243

28 The display of Roman London, Max Hebditch 7Sb

Index, Lysbeth Merrifield 263