Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
CC License:

View Zoom Download

Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
CC License:

View Zoom

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: SF-DDDA16

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A worked bone unidentified object, rectangular in shape with a length of 72mm and width of 12mm. One face of this object has a row of cross shaped grooves along it, the crosses become larger as the bone flares outwards. At the widest end, after the largest cross shape there is a semi-circular depression, resembling a socket of some kind with circumference grooves within it. It measures 8mm in diameter and 5mm in depth. This object may possibly be the arm of a doll, or a handle of some kind, and is likely to be late Medieval or Post medieval in date. No parallel could be found.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 72 mm
Width: 12 mm
Weight: 13.69 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2003

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Animal skeletal material
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: Long Melford

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: BH-544815
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broadperiod: UNKNOWN
A copper-alloy artefact of uncertain date and function. The artefact is roughly cylindrical, widening at one end, where the surface is cros…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: SF10043
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broadperiod:
A copper-alloy unidentified object, an elongated triangular shape in plan and rectangular in cross-section measuring 45mm in length, 7mm in wi…
Workflow: Published

Find number: SF10574
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
A copper-alloy unidentified object, 37mm in length and 17mm in width. This object is in the shape of an animals head and snout and is incomple…
Workflow: Published

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.