Record ID: LON-7078E7 - EARLY MEDIEVAL weaving batten

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WEAVING BATTEN

Unique ID: LON-7078E7

Object type certainty: Probably

A resized image of Early Medieval bone object, probably an incomplete weaving sword

An Early Medieval bone object, probably an incomplete weaving sword (AD410-1066). The bone has been worked to form a flat sub-rectangular slab that tapers slightly to from a curved butt with a drilled hole that does not fully extend through the bone. The opposite end is straight.

A similar shaped object, but without the semi-perforation, is illustrated in MacGregor (1985: 186 fig 101).

Dimensions: length: 126.43mm; width: 35.11mm; thickness: 3.62mm; weight: 22.11g.

Reference: MacGregor, A. 1985. Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn. The Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period. Croom Helm, London and Sydney

Class: Weaving sword

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: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 410
Date to: Circa AD 1066

Dimensions and weight

Length: 126.43 mm
Width: 35.11 mm
Thickness: 3.62 mm
Weight: 22.11 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: Hammersmith And Fulham
Parish: Fulham

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ2475
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 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: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]

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