LON-CDFB89: A complete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 150 - 400.

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HAIR PIN

Unique ID: LON-CDFB89

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A complete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 150 - 400. The hair pin is a Greep type B1.1 and Crummy type 3. The head is spherical and crudely formed. The pin shaft tapers to join the head and bulges outwards as it moves away and then tapers again towards a point.

Dimensions: length: 80.16mm; diameter of shaft: 4.00mm; diameter of head: 6.18mm; weight: 1.36g

Greep (1983:350) writes "Whilst the overwhelming majority of these forms belong to the third and fourth centuries, Crummy's (1979, 161) date of c.AD 200 for the arrival of these types is challenged by a small number which may be dated to the mid and later second centuries. The date range should therefore be extended to c.AD 150-400."

The associated pottery assemblage form this site point to a second-early third century date.

Other Greep type B1.1 and Crummy type 3 hairpins on the database are PUBLIC-B37D88, LON-527442 and LON-528F54.

References: Crummy, N. 1995. The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979. Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester.

Greep, S. 1983. Objects of Animal bone, Antler, Ivory and Teeth from Roman Britain. Unpublished PhD thesis: University of Cardiff.

Class: Greep type B1.1 and Crummy type 3

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 80.16 mm
Weight: 1.36 g
Diameter: 6.18 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Animal skeletal material
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: City and County of the City of London (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Dowgate (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.5035277
Four figure longitude: -0.09955492
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Mudlarking
General landuse: Open fresh water
Specific landuse: Running water

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Created: About one year ago
Updated: About one year ago

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