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Description: | A late Medieval - Post Medieval (probably) bone point, probably a bodkin probably dating 15th - 17th century. This point has been made from the shaft of a long bone which has been cut across the cancellous tissue and a perforation for suspension has been drilled through the broader end. The perforation has straight sides and there is very little wear. There is some wear to the point but again there is little wear to the shaft of this tool. Jackie Keily notes it is very difficult to date bone points stylistically, it may date from the late Saxon to the early Medieval but the finder discovered it in a washed out layer which was dating 16th - 17th century. A very similar point was excavated in Winchester (Rees, Crummy, Ottaway & Dunn 2008:240 no. 1640) which is described as a large bodkin, used in the manufacture or working of textiles, cut from a long bone, 210mm in length. The head is semicircular in section, the flat side consisting of cancellous tissue, which is also exposed down the shaft. There is a circular eye at the broad end and the tip is very worn. This bodkin was found in a 15th - 16th century pit.Dimensions: length: 208.19mm; width at the broadest end: 24.21mm tapering to 2.86mm; thickness: 16.36mm; weight: 43.47g.Identification by Jackie Keily, Curator, Museum of London.Reference: Rees, H. Crummy, N., Ottaway, P. J. and Dunn, G. 2008. Artefacts and Society in Roman and Medieval Winchester. Winchester Museums Service, Winchester.
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