We can gain a huge insight into domestic life and the work of craftsman during the High Empire from the many objects discovered on the Argentomagus site.

There are spatulas for putting on make-up, counters for games, bobbins, distaffs and needle holders for weaving and sewing. Items used for writing include stylets and seal boxes, capsules containing attached to wax tablets on which the imprint of a seal has been applied.

A range of dressing and costume accessories have been unearthed: spring-loaded fibulae of the indigenous variety, hinged fibulae (of which there are two very rare examples in the shape of a yoke and of a person), intaglios, beads, parts of a belt and even an ivory fan.

Finds of terracotta lamps, keys, pieces of harness, pans, bronze moulds, a variety of iron tools, pencils and pigments preserved in bowls can help build up a real picture of the items craftsmen were providing to satisfy domestic needs.