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Roman needle
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Suffolk County Council, Andrew Brown, 2011-12-15 10:04:52
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Roman needle
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A complete cast copper-alloy needle of Roman date. It is complete but has been bent to anangle of 45 degrees approximately mid-way along its length. The head is flattened, rectangular in form and with a central rectangular eye. On both faces there is an incised groove that extends above and below the eye. The shaft of the needle is oval shaped in section, tapering to a rounded section at the tip, which retains its sharp point. All the surfaces of the object have a dark brown patina that has some signs of corrosion in places. It measures 155mm in current (bent) length, 4.42mm in width and 2.54mm in thickness at head, 3.72mm in diameter at shaft, and weighs 11.32g.

This needle is of Roman date and finds parallels with excavated examples from Colchester (Crummy, 1983: nos. 1991, 1993). These are classed as Type 3 needles by Crummy and were recovered from 3rd-4th century AD contexts, suggesting a possible similar date for the current example.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 200 and 410
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FindID: 477410
Old ref: SF-63CD36
Filename: MNL_SF-63CD36.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/360761
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/360761
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/477410
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