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Description: | Incomplete Roman bone pin. This pin has a roughly spherical head that is flat on top and conical below (sometimes described as lenticular). Directly beneath the head is a ridge and groove. The head has a diameter of 4.84mm and is 2.82mm in height. The shaft is circular in section and tapers to a point that is now missing. It has a maximum diameter of 2.42mm. The break is horizontal, mid brown and worn smooth, suggesting it occurred in antiquity. The exposed surface of the pin is mid brown and mostly abraded with only tiny patches of the original smooth, glossy surface, also mid brown. The pin has a surviving length of 46.00mm and weighs 0.90g. Examples of this 'lentoid' headed pin can be found in Crummy, 1983, page 22, figure 19, numbers 326 and 330. Following those examples, this pin probably dates to the 3rd or 4th centuries AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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