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Description: | A selection of fifteen bone pin fragments, presumably Roman in date.
Unless otherwise mentioned, all breaks are straight across the shaft.
1: Cylindrical section of pin shaft tapering to a point. The break on the shaft is ?L? shaped. The patina of the object is dark brown, the surface is glossy. 30.64mm long, 3.28mm thick at the widest point.
2: Cylindrical section of pin shaft broken at either end. The patina of the object is dark brown, the surface is glossy. 28.34mm long, 4.22mm thick at the widest point.
3: Cylindrical section of pin shaft tapering to a blunt point. The colour of the object is beige, the surface is smooth.46.24mm long, 3.5mm thick at the widest point.
4; Cylindrical section of pin shaft tapering to a sharp point. The break is worn smooth and rounded. The colour of the object is beige, the surface is abraded.62.7mm long, 2.6mm at the widest point.
5: Cylindrical section of pin shaft, tapering, but point broken off. The break towards the thicker end of the shaft is diagonal. The object has a light brown patina with a smooth surface. 40.94mm long, 3.14mm thick at the widest point.
6: Cylindrical section of pin shaft, which is swollen. The patina of the object is creamy beige with a smooth surface. It is 39.84mm long, 4.2mm thick at the widest point.
7: Cylindrical section of pin shaft, tapering, but point broken off. The patina of the object is beige with an abraded surface. 43.56mm long, 2.94mm thick at the widest point.
8: Cylindrical section of pin shaft, tapering but point broken off. The object is beige with patches of dark brown and black, as if burnt. The surface is smooth with large areas of pitting and damage. 53.66mm long, 3.93mm thick at the widest point.
9: Cylindrical section of pin shaft with slight taper. The object is creamy beige in colour, the surface is smooth with some tiny pitting and a crack that runs nearly the length of the fragment. 38.72mm long, 4.34mm thick at the widest point.
10: Cylindrical section of pin shaft with slight taper. One break is vertical, i.e, sheared off. The object is light brown with a smooth surface with some pitting and cracking. 46.02mm long, 3.8mm thick at the widest point.
11: Cylindrical section of pin shaft tapering to a blunt point. The object is creamy in colour with a smooth surface with some abrasion. 43.4mm long, 3.98mm thick at the widest point.
12: Cylindrical section of pin shaft, tapering with the point broken off. It is beige in colour with an abraded surface. 55.12mm long, 2.06mm thick at the widest point.
13: Cylindrical section of pin shaft with slight taper. The break towards the thicker end is ?L? shaped. The object is creamy beige in colour with dark vertical lines running its length. The surface is mostly smooth, the vertical lines are faintly ridged. 31.44m long, 4mm thick at the widest point.
14: Cylindrical section of pin shaft tapering to a blunt point. The object is light brown with a heavily abraded and pitted surface.54.24mm long, 4.5mm thick at the widest point.
15: Cylindrical section of pin shaft, slightly swollen. One break is diagonal. The object is a mid brown with a heavily abraded and pitted surface. The pitted areas show as beige. 46.3mm long, 5.22mm thick at the widest point. The bulk weight of the fragments is 14.25g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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