Record ID: LON-F92F30 - EARLY MEDIEVAL point

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POINT

Unique ID: LON-F92F30

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Bone point which may date to the late Early Medieval

A bone point which may date to the late Early Medieval but is essentially undateable. This bone point has been crudely worked on the long bone of an animal; one end has been roughly shaped to form a point. There is some evidence of wear on the point and burning at the opposite end. There is no evidence of wear where the point would be held which is unusual unless it was used as a burnisher. The opposite end to the point is broken, possibly across a perforation. There is no wear around the perforation and bone points with perforations tend to be worked to a higher standard.

Dimensions: length: 110.42mm; width: 13.27mm; thickness: 6.08mm; weight: 6.62g.

Identification by Jackie Keily, Curator, Museum of London.

Notes:

This group of material LON-F92404; LON-F92CF1; LON-F92F30; LON-F932D8 were all found together within a small area (within 3m) on a patch of the foreshore that is eroding.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Length: 110.42 mm
Width: 13.27 mm
Thickness: 6.08 mm
Weight: 6.62 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Animal skeletal material [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Hand made [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Wandsworth
Parish: Putney

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ2376
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Jackie Keily - [view all attributed records]

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