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HAIR PIN
Unique ID: LON-4C572F
Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete Roman ivory hair pin depicting an elephant. Head of the pin depicts and elephant standing upon a collar decorated with diagonal strikes, this is above two bird like features possibly leaves agains decoared with diagonal hatching. Pin shank is broken but straight as with a Greep type A.
Length: 55.79mm
Ref: Greep, S. 1983. Objects of animal bone, antler, ivory and teeth from Roman Britain. Unpublished PhD thesis: University of Cardiff.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.79 mm
Weight: 1.48 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Animal skeletal material
Completeness: Incomplete
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