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Fragment of a Roman bone pin
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2004-05-12 14:13:46
Title
Fragment of a Roman bone pin
Description
English: Fragment of a Roman bone needle, 1st-4th century in date. This fragment represents the head of a pointed head needle which is pierced with an oval eye that is 4.36mm long. The shaft has a circular section. The break on the shaft is diagonal. The colour of the object is a creamy beige, the surface is smooth and glossy. It is 31.52mm long, 3.64mm thick at the widest point and weighs 0.44g.An example of a pointed head needle was excavated at Colchester (Crummy 1983, 65 no. 1959 fig.70).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 70 and 410
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FindID: 66552
Old ref: ESS-220985
Filename: DSCN0875.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/25086
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/25086/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/66552
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