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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Stylus | SF-0F4415 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| A copper alloy stylus of Roman or Early Medieval date. The metal is worn and patinated, obscuring any decoration, although there are traces of bands of grooved lines on the shaft. The stylus has a flat terminal ( or eraser) which is triangular in shape, and its shaft is circular in section, termi... | |||||
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Stylus | BH-405447 |
Roman | Oxfordshire |
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| A copper-alloy artefact, the form of which suggests it may be a Roman stylus. The object has a circular-sectioned shaft which has become bent and has probably been broken off at the top. At its lower end, the shaft flares into a paddle-like terminal. This terminal is thinner than the shaft, has f... | |||||
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Stylus | KENT-E1E184 |
Roman | Kent |
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| An incomplete copper alloy stylus, probably Roman in date. It is subtriangular in plan, with an elongated body, and a broken end. The eraser is convex and undecorated. There is a single rectangular collar separating it from the shaft on one side, and two collars on the other. This is decorate... | |||||
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Stylus | NARC-97F8C7 |
Roman | Northamptonshire |
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| A complete cast copper alloy object of probable Roman date. Possibly a stylus. 76mm long (bent). The stylus is circular in section towards the tip with a diameter of 4mm. There is a blunt point, which is split due to a fault in the metal. The stylus is hammered flat towards the terminal to create... | |||||
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Stylus | LEIC-1A89A3 |
Roman | Leicestershire |
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| Roman lead alloy stylus, 64mm long and 7mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition and weighs 29.10grams. The object consists of a circular sectioned shaft which is rounded at one end and tapers to a point at the other. | |||||
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Stylus | NARC-B2B5C4 |
Roman | Northamptonshire |
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| A hand-made lead alloy stylus, or scribe, or unknown date. It is a solid cylinder which tapers to a blunt point at one end and is flat at the other. There are slight bends to the shaft. It has a cream/grey patina. The stylus may be Roman, but similar tools were also used in later periods. | |||||
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Stylus | LEIC-CF7828 |
Roman | Leicestershire |
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| Copper alloy rod of roughly square cross section. Possibly a stylus? The object is in fair condition, is 70mm long, 5mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 8.02g. | |||||
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Stylus | NARC-F90AB4 |
Roman | Northamptonshire |
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| A tip fragment of a lead stylus. 32mm long from the break to the tip and 5mm in diameter. Stylus of this form were in use form the Roman to Post-Medieval periods, and so assigning a more accurate date to this particular stylus without context is difficult. | |||||
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Stylus | SWYOR-820210 |
Roman | Nottinghamshire |
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| A possibly Roman lead alloy stylus. It is a solid cylinder which tapers to a blunt point at one end and is broken at the other. There are slight bends to the shaft. It has a creamy yellow patina. The stylus may be Roman, but similar tools were also used in later periods. | |||||
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Stylus | SWYOR-280264 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| A cast copper alloy object, probably Roman, and possibly a tanged stylus or awl. One end of the object is circular in section and tapers to a point. At the wide end, it is rounded and tapers slightly to a central circumferential groove. The other end of the object is the tang. It is square in sec... | |||||
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Stylus | HESH-BDE457 |
Roman | Herefordshire |
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| A cast copper alloy stylus (Manning Type 4) of probable earlier Roman date (80-200 AD). The stylus has been bent from its original sub-rectangular shape with a bend of approximately 45 degrees at the mid point and a further bend of 90 degrees at the nib / point. Like many styli this example consi... | |||||
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Stylus | SWYOR-5A8353 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| A possibly Roman lead alloy stylus, which is 47.5mm long and 7mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition with a creamy patina and weighs 15.15 grams. The object consists of a circular shaft which is slightly rounded at one end and at the other has a rounded wide point (like a wedge) formed b... | |||||
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Stylus | NLM-C0E5A1 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| Iron Possible Stylus fragment. Flattened wedge-shaped end or eraser with a slightly convex edge, and a robust shank of rectangular section now bent mid-way along its remaining extent. As Anglo-Saxon styli of iron usually have a thinner shank, this example may be Roman. Iron styli are fairly c... | |||||
| Stylus | WAW-B11E77 |
Roman | Worcestershire |
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| A cast lead or lead alloy stylus which is sub rectangular in plan and sub square in cross section with rounded edges. The stylus tapers to a pointed terminal at one end and a broken but slightly flattening corroded stump at the other. The stylus is a light cream colour which is a heavy patina w... | |||||
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Stylus | WAW-FD50C6 |
Roman | Worcestershire |
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| A cast copper alloy Roman stylus. The stylus has a faceted stem, which is a octahedron in section. This portion of the stem is narrowed. The terminal which originally would have the point or nib is slightly expanded in diameter and is circular in section, becoming wider to the tip. This terminal ... | |||||
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Stylus | SWYOR-B546E4 |
Roman | South Yorkshire |
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| A possible copper alloy Roman stylus. It is pointed at one end and rounded at the other, and is triangular in section. It is 75mm long. Similar examples are SWYOR-042123 and YORYM-080053. However, many styli expand into a flat eraser section at the opposite end to the point so there is some doubt... | |||||
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Stylus | DENO-CC00D4 |
Roman | Nottinghamshire |
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| Roman cast copper alloy stylus, incomplete. Circular sectioned, pointed end, other end broken off. Bent. Length (as bent) 82.4mm, diameter 3.6mm, weight 5.64g. | |||||
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Stylus | LEIC-4F8FE5 |
Roman | Rutland |
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| Roman? lead alloy stylus, 28mm long (folded) and 6mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition and weighs 17.43 grams. It is circular in section and has one pointed, conical end and the other has a wide collar, making it look rather like a nail. | |||||
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Stylus | SWYOR-F4B647 |
Roman | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| A copper alloy stylus, possibly Roman in date. It is sub circular in section and tapers to a sharp point. The shaft is slightly bent. Unlike many styli, the rod does not flatten out to form an eraser at one end. It has a length of 89.58mm, width 5.90mm, thickness 5.98mm, weight 21.03g. It has a s... | |||||
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Stylus | SWYOR-72F353 |
Roman | South Yorkshire |
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| A lead alloy stylus. One end is flattened into a narrow blade to use for erasing, and the other end is pointed, but may not be complete. Both blade and point are blunted. The stylus has sustained some damage in antiquity and has stress marks indicating bending in the centre. It is circular in sec... | |||||
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Stylus | NARC-8310F5 |
Roman | Staffordshire |
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| Tip of a probable copper-alloy stylus of possible Roman date but it may also be as late as Medieval. The tip is multifaceted and lozengiform in section. It tapers from 4.5 mm thick at the break to the tip which is 0.7 mm in thickness. Only 21.1 mm of the object remain. | |||||
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Stylus | YORYM-1A0651 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| A cast copper alloy stylus of probable Roman date. The stylus is wide with a flat, rounded eraser. From the eraser the stylus narrows to a neck with a bulbous collar, and then continues to taper to a point. The stylus is rectangular in cross-section and is undecorated. The metal is a light greeni... | |||||
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Stylus | LVPL-20CC05 |
Roman | Cheshire |
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| Cast bronze stylus dating to the Roman period. It is sub-rectangular in plan and square in cross section. One end has been curved and tapers to a sharp point. The opposite end also tapers slightly inwards forming a blunt flattened tip. The surface has a golden brown patina and is pitted revealin... | |||||
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Stylus | YORYM-FA13F2 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy stylus of possible Roman date. The stem of the stylus is a tapering wedge shape with a square section. There is a worn break at the end of the wedge which flares slightly before the break. The rounded terminal has a circular section with a narrowed collar. The meta... | |||||
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Stylus | LVPL-7CE7A6 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| Cast copper alloy stylus dating to the Roman period, (45-410AD). The shaft is circular in section. At one end the shaft is flattened and flared into a triangular eraser. At the opposite end of the shaft the point has broken off. The centre of the shaft is swollen. At either end of this widened pa... | |||||
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Stylus | GLO-75C8A0 |
Roman | Gloucestershire |
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| Copper alloy possible stylus length 28mm, width 11mm, thickness 4mm, weight 3.38g. Elongated isosceles triangular head, the narrowed end is thickened with a possible animal head at the tip. The shaft of the stylus is missing so only the head remains. The artefact is heavily corroded resulting ... | |||||
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Stylus | LANCUM-40B684 |
Roman | Gloucestershire |
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| A Roman stylus for writing on wooden tablets covered with wax. Its pointed end was for writing and its flat and chisel like end for erasing. According to Gallenus they could also be used for teeth extraction and Hippocrates describes a way of extracting the placenta. The length is 56mm, width 5mm... | |||||
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Stylus | SWYOR-042123 |
Roman | North Lincolnshire |
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| A possible copper alloy Roman stylus. The centre is square in section; at one end the shaft becomes round and tapers to a point. The other end also tapers to a point but stays square in section. It has a light green pitted patina. It is 53.2mm long and 4.5mm thick. It weighs 3.87gm. A similar exa... | |||||
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Stylus | SOM-B75B46 |
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| A complete lead stylus. This is long and thin, tapering to a point at one end, which would have been used from writing, whilst the other end is chisel shaped. The object remains in fairly good condition, with whitish erosion covering all surfaces. These objects were used from the Roman to Modern ... | |||||
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Stylus | YORYM-080053 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| A small incomplete cast copper-alloy stylus. It has a circular section, which tapers to one end and has a stepped section. It is heavily corroded. | |||||
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