File:Roman needle (FindID 66531).jpg

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Roman needle
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2004-05-12 12:50:01
Title
Roman needle
Description
English: Complete Roman bone needle, dating from the 1st-3rd century AD. The head of the needle is flattened and pointed and is pierced with a circular eye that is 3.22mm in diamater. The shaft has an oval section. The colour of the object is creamy beige, the surface is smooth and glossy. It is 94.38mm long, 6.9mm wide across the flattened head, the shaft is 3.3mm thick at the widest point and it weighs 2.09g. An example of a pointed head needle can be seen in Colchester archaeological Report 2, figure 70, no. 1959 (Crummy 1983).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 43 and 300
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FindID: 66531
Old ref: ESS-20AAA4
Filename: DSCN0874.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/25042
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/25042/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/66531
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