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Description: | small label with "27" in ink found 2-3 feet below surface, in soil Iron Age (late) MANU ?Iron-Age/Romano-British unknown Povington, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset England Kimmeridge "coal money"; oil shale relic from ancient working of oil shale on a lathe. Oil shale is easy to polish and was much valued in antiquity.
Part of the Rutley collection. Also, (and originally) numbered R8296 in the geology section of the museum. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SEDPETCOAL : SEDPETMUD : DECBLG : CURRENCY : PRIMITIVE MONEY : : DIVERSITY_WEEK : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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