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Description: | Fragment of a Roman bone needle, 1st-4th century in date. This fragment represents the head of a pointed head needle which is pierced with an oval eye that is 4.36mm long. The shaft has a circular section. The break on the shaft is diagonal. The colour of the object is a creamy beige, the surface is smooth and glossy. It is 31.52mm long, 3.64mm thick at the widest point and weighs 0.44g.An example of a pointed head needle was excavated at Colchester (Crummy 1983, 65 no. 1959 fig.70). | 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: | 70
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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