File:A bone incomplete whistle of uncertain date. (FindID 741564).jpg

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A bone incomplete whistle of uncertain date.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Edwin Wood, 2015-09-22 15:17:00
Title
A bone incomplete whistle of uncertain date.
Description
English: A bone incomplete whistle of uncertain date. This musical instrument has been made from a long bone that is shaped to have a rectangular cross-section with chamfered corners. At one end the lower edge is cut diagonally creating the mouth piece and there is a D-shaped blow-hole just above. The whistle is broken across the opposite end, there is a surviving double band of circumferential grooves just before the broken edge. At the broken end the shaft of the whistle is infilled with another material. At the mouthpiece there is a fipple, made from a different material.

Dimensions: length: 63.26mm; width: 9.88mm; thickness: 8.41mm; internal diameter at mouthpiece: 3.55mm; weight: 7.64g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 43 and 1700
Accession number
FindID: 741564
Old ref: LON-00A007
Filename: WhistleLON00A007.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/533728
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/533728/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/741564
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 14 November 2020)
Object location51° 30′ 24.12″ N, 0° 03′ 51.51″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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