File:Undated needle (FindID 159807).jpg

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Undated needle
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julian Watters, 2007-02-13 12:50:56
Title
Undated needle
Description
English: A bent and corroded copper-alloy needle of uncertain date.

The head is damaged but would originally have contained a vertical 'eye'. The needle is of circular section and tapers slightly towards the bottom. The point is missing.

The object measures 43.5mm long, up to 2.5mm in diameter and weighs 1.68g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 2100 BC and 1800
Accession number
FindID: 159807
Old ref: BH-1B2E30
Filename: Needle 06 272 - 3.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/130053
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/130053
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/159807
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