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The small finds discovered during the 1948–1951 excavations by Katherine M. Kenyon and John B. Ward-Perkins at Sabratha were scattered after the 1950s and have taken some time to be re-assembled. The following report on the small objects includes material in silver, copper alloy, iron, lead, glass, semiprecious stones, clay and stone, with a separate report on the substantial bone artefact assemblage. As well as providing the basic data on the objects, some of which are unique to Roman Libya, efforts have been made to put them into their Empire-wide context. حفريات صبراتة ، 1948–1951: اللقى الصغيرة ليندسي ألسون جونز وستيفن جريب إن اللقى الصغيرة المكتشفة خلال أعمال التنقيب في صبراتة بين الأعوام 1948–1951 و التي قامت بها كاثرين م . كينيون وجون ب . وارد - بيركنز، كانت متناثرة بعد خمسينيات القرن الماضي و قد استغرق تجميعها بعض الوقت . التقرير التالي عن اللقى الصغيرة يتضمن مواد من الفضة، وسبائك النحاس، والحديد، والرصاص، و الزجاج، والأحجار شبه الكريمة، والطين والحجر، مع تقرير منفصل عن مجموعة كبيرة عن اللقى الأثرية من العظام . إلى جانب توفير البيانات الأساسية عن اللقى والتي بعضها فريد لليبيا الرومانية، تم بذل الجهد لوضع اللقى في السياق الاوسع للإمبراطورية.

During excavations of a Roman villa at Fordham, Essex, a remarkable series of decorated bone and antler veneer plaques were recovered from villa destruction deposits. They are datable to the later fourth or fifth centuries a.d. and probably once adorned a casket holding bathing equipment and jewellery. Spread through the three main rooms of the villa, fragments were recovered from at least 10 metres apart, so the object is likely already to have been broken when deposited. The plaques are decorated with ‘late antique’ style figural, zoomorphic, vegetal and architectural motifs on a cross-hatched background, with the best-preserved design probably relating to female bathing.

Pendants are frequent finds on sites of the Roman period. ‘Daily life was deeply penetrated, perhaps dominated, by supernatural considerations … in consequence talismans are common’. They were used for a variety of purposes; not only individuals, but houses, walls and even towns could be protected by them. This short paper concentrates on one particular type of pendant, manufactured from the crown or burr of red deer antler which is found predominantly on sites in the North-western provinces of the Empire. Whilst a small number of these pendants have received limited attention, discussion has centred primarily on the presence of a phallus as a decorative motif (Types 4-7 below) and the lesser known, but more common, undecorated forms (Types 1-3 below) have been relatively ignored.

Chief executive of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Stephen Greep on his decision to leave the post after eight years.