Record ID: HAMP-4E8C83
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age rapier. The butt is incomplete and damaged which makes the original shape difficult to determine. Two C-shaped incomplete rivet holes or notches lie in the upper part of the butt, which is where the handle would have been attached. The notches are spaced approximately 24.82 mm apart. Slight shadow (shallowing of the metal) of the handle is visible just under the rivet holes extending centrally to the top of the break. This widest point (49.52 mm) is at the shoulders. The blade extends c. 290 mm from the base of the butt and is ap…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-5399C3
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval (c.1590-1690) spherical iron cannon ball of uncertain post-medieval date. The object weighs 970g and measures 63.3mm in diameter. The surface is pitted (some deeper than others) and dark brown in colour, with patches of orange corrosion in many of the deeper pitted areas. There is no apparent damage to the surface. Blackmore, H.L. 1976 (pp. 293-8) suggests an English 'falcon' cannon for bore sizes of 2.5 inches (c.63mm) and 2lb in weight during the period c. 1590-1690. Reference: Blackmore, H. L. 1976. The Armouries of the Tower of London. Vol. 1, Ordnance, 216. Lo…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-0AB2E6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undatable Prehistoric (Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4000-800 BC) tertiary flint flake with no apparent retouch. The flake is grey in colour and opaque, being translucent at the very edges.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2016
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2016
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Record ID: HAMP-9F99A5
Object type: BULLET MOULD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval mould cast in copper alloy for the manufacture of bullets or shot. The object is square in plan with rounded corners. The lower surface, broadly flat although with a moulded bump at one corner, measures 39.6 by 35.05mm. The upper surface has a skirted flange on three sides and measures up to 42.65mm by 40.4mm. The thin overhanging parts of the flange have been bent downwards and are slightly abraded in places. On one short end the flange is encompassed withina semicircular recess. Beyond this are four hemispherical depressions on the upper surface (chambers). These mea…
Created on: Wednesday 24th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-5C1AE2
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Published
A small flint handaxe of stained flint dating to the Middle Palaeolithic. It is sub-triangular in form. The object has a shallow S-shaped profile. It is covered by removals on both faces; the ventral face is far more intensively worked with far smaller removals than the dorsal. The sides are somewhat battered, while the distal end is broadly straight (this is where the axe would have been held). The removals have been smoothed a little by water action. The ventral face is of a largely orange hue, while the dorsal features off-whites and more brown colours.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-E21285
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete late 14th-/15th-century copper-alloy French medieval jetton struck under Charles VI probably at Tournai (1385 - c. 1422 AD; cf. Mitchiner 448ff.). This jetton has suffered considerable circumferential losses.
Created on: Monday 14th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-4AF2C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver-gilt annular brooch of medieval date. There is a constriction for the tapering pin which is triangular in cross-section and has a transverse ridged collar below its loop. The frame is heavily moulded with a zigzag pattern with a groove within and deep triangular removals either side. The lower surface is flat, ungilded, and decorated with interlocking elongated S-shaped motifs featuring small linear incisions at their terminals.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-D57282
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake, undiagnostic, and so given a general prehistoric date. It is of a grey brown colour, with some patinisation resulting in a lighter grey patch on both faces, and a darker surround on the dorsal face. There is some edge damage which is estimated to have occured in antiquity, but the flake is in otherwise good condition.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-AD6186
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bowl from a clay pipe of modern date in the form of a male human head. It is an elaborate, joined bowl made in a three-piece mould; mould lines are visible on the sides and back of the head. The bearded man wears a close-fitting hat. Unfortunately, the person depicted has been able to be identified, although they have Arabic or Indian associations. It could have been that a maker's mark was lost when the bowl was broken from the stem. The distinctive red clay from which this pipe was made marks it out as being made in France, possibly at the Fiolet factory at St Omer. The large si…
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-FCA5B3
Object type: PICK
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint pick of Mesolithic (or early Neolithic) date, rolled and polished by water action. Both faces are bevelled, but one in a more definite triangular cross-section. There are removals all over the surface of the pick; no cortex is present. The butt is oblique while the cutting end is now rounded due to wear. Both longitudinal edges have been 'battered', a common feature on implements of this type. The light grey flint has become weathered, and in many areas has taken on yellow and orange hues from iron staining.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-ECE595
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT Anglo Saxon silver stap-end. Description of find An Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end with four rivet holes, one of them still containing a flat-headed silver rivet. The front of the strap-end is incised with geometric ornament and curvilinear scrollwork resembling floral fronds along the edges. No traces of inlay remain, but there may originally have been niello. The back of the object shows green corrosion traces and is very scratched around the upper rivet hole on the strap-end's body. The appearance of the scratches suggests that this is recent damage. Impressions …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-661497
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn 16th-century Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of the 'Rechen meister' type. It has been pierced, possibly to be worn, through the obverse and depends such that the obverse image is fairly aligned to the vertical. This is a variant of an example illustrated in Mitchener (1988, 416; ref. 1426)
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-65C434
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (fl. 1586-1635) of the 'Rose / orb' type. Similar examples are illustrated in Mitchiner (1988, 446)
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-654AE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn mid 4th-century Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to 348 - 350 AD (Reece issue period 18), 'FEL TEMP REPARATIO' (galley), unclear mint. This coin has suffered a circumferential loss.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP487
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Published
Circular with hexagonal conical handle with loop at top. A crudely incised inscription around the outside reads, 'PRIVE SU' (I am private). A further inscription in the centre reads, 'IHC' below an inverted 'V'. Some wear on upper face.
Created on: Monday 13th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAMPSHIRE SOUTHAMPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HAMP180
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Published
Triangular-shaped lead object with rounded corners and line decoration. Possibly a palm guard, although the surface decoration suggests it is a trade weight. The inscription is indecipherable, but its style suggests a 15th-17th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAMPSHIRE SOUTHAMPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HAMP175
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Published
Four lead objects, possibly weights. One has a central iron rivet. Another is conical in form. The other two objects may be lead slag. Possibly Romano-British, but impossible to date accurately.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAMPSHIRE SOUTHAMPTON', grid reference and parish protected.