Record ID: SUR-D16A10
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone hair pin dating to c.  AD 50 - 250 (cf. Greep type A2.2 / Crummy type 2). The terminal has broken at a ridged collar, but was possibly conical (see LON-03A984, LON-77DEB3 and LON-68D0FE etc). The shaft has a circular cross section tapering to a triangular point.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-AE4AD2
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large mammal tooth. Molar of a large mammal; horse or cow are the most likely. Possibly food waste. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1850 Length: 55mm, Weight: 34.49gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ADB2C5
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. The bottom half of an edible oyster shell. A seafood diet was introduced or expanded under Roman rule, when British oysters acquired an empire-wide reputation. Oysters remained as a common foodstuff into the early post-medieval period, their availability probably only declining with environmental degradation in industrial times – though Viking Age York contrived to pollute its waterways to an extent which altered the local faunal range significantly. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 70.5mm, Weight (with adherent soil): 33.69gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-07923E
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bone needle, potentially of Roman date. The needle is made from the exterior of a long bone, with a flat cross section and with one side smooth and finished and the other retaining the spongey surface of the bone's interior, which has been partially polished with the high points smoothed. The wider end has a narrow rectangular eye, 5.6mm in length and an incomplete spatulate terminal. The other end tapers to a break.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-071FBE
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval die carved from bone or antler, with faces around 7mm wide and drilled spots of c.1mm diameter. Circa 16th-17th century, most probably of Elizabethan or Jacobean date.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-8675FD
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A canine tooth from a wolf or dog which has been drilled for suspension through the root. The tooth is complete, 41.8mm in length and has wear to the tip suggesting that the animal it came from was relatively old. The drilled hole is 3mm in diameter. There is no decoration or other working.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 24th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-34929C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete Post Medieval bone hat pin dating from 19th century. The remaining pin consist of the head only. The head is circular in plan and is decorated on both sides with six evenly spaced radiating grooves around central circular hole where the pin stem would have attached. Dimensions: diameter: 18.47mm; thickness: 1.87mm; weight: 1.87g
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33C715
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bone toggle of uncertain date, possibly Romano-British (100 BC - AD 100), but it could also be later, up to about 1950. It is a cylindrical bone, probably a bird bone, shaped into a tube that is swollen in the centre and waisted at each end. A circular hole perforates the swollen area. The surface is smooth and polished. Length: 41.77mm Thickness: 9.63mm Weight: 2.77g This object was found at a site that has been excavated and which produced Neolithic to Romano-British finds which are now housed in Craven Museum. However…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B6FAEA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large bone pin, probably a hairpin and of Roman or potentially later date. The pin is 136.7mm in length with sub circular cross section and tapers from a rounded end, 7.2mm in diameter, to a point which has broken off. There is no decoration and the terminal is not pierced, marked or worked in any diagnostic way.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8FB900
Object type: WEFT BEATER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked bone probable weft beater (or pin beater) of Early Medieval to Medieval date, about AD 700 - 1200, or another similar pointed tool such as a stylus. It is a straight piece of bone, sub-rectangular in plan and oval in cross-section. One end is a worn break. The other end tapers to a blunt central point. The surface is worn and smooth, suggesting age, weathering or prolonged use, but it is not polished. It is 60.7mm long, 11.8mm wide and 8.2mm thick. 6.1g. Compare NMS-ED44EE and BUC-CAACD6 which cite  Rogers, P. W. 1997. Textile Production at 1…
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-61AC2C
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an object, possibly produced in bone. Possibly a bodkin dating from the Post-Medieval period, c. AD 1600-1800. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and rounded sub-rectangular in section. At either end of the fragment there are worn breaks. At one end there is a pair of grooves. One of which runs around the full object while the other runs around one side, the edges but does not meet on the other side. The fragment has a surface which resembles other bone objects recorded by the PAS. It is dark brown and appears slightly porous. It measures 35.52mm in lengt…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CC33A1
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval bone gaming piece for the game 'dominos' or 'dominoes', probably dating to the 18th-19th century. The piece is 24.6mm long, with an incised line across the width of the centre on one side. There are no marks of value to each side of this line, suggesting that the piece is either unfinished or represents a double blank (i.e. a "wild" in the game).
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: LON-A203FA
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone zoomorphic toilet implement dating to the 16th century. The remaining part consists of the decorative head and stem. The terminal has been decoratively carved to depict a three dimensional head of a unicorn. Part of the horn is broken and missing. The neck is curved, and is decorated with five diagonal engraved lines on either side, representing a mane. Where the animal connects to the stem is an elaborate collar consisting of a plain band, a concave section expanding to a middle band with two incised groves, a second conca…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A0116
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval bone tuning peg probably dating from AD 1200 - 1500. The tuning peg has a sub-circular sectioned shank with a perforation at one end, through which the instrument string would have passed. At the opposite end the cross-section changes to a sub-rectangular shape approximately 12mm from the end. The tuning peg has a light tan patina and the dimensions are; length 49.9mm, width 7.4mm, thickness 5.9mm and weight 3.0g. LON-9337E9 cites that similar tuning pegs are published in MacGregor (1985:147) and MacGregor, Mainman & Rogers (1999:1978) where they note that a key would h…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-05A8AD
Object type: WEAVING TABLET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone or antler weaving tablet. Bone triangle with holes and heavy signs of wear. Lovely. Possibly a weaving tablet. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 410-1000 Height: 39.7mm, Width: 44.5mm, Thickness: 2.2mm, Weight: 4.12gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-F45BD8
Object type: COMB
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone or antler comb [MF]; the source record suggests this to be part of a stringed musical instrument. Database accompanying source record: 'Bone tailpiece of a stringed instrument, two rows of drilled holes and remains of a third row, six holes to each'. Suggested date: possibly Medieval, 1100-1300 Length: 95mm, Width: 30mm, Thickness: 7.7mm, Weight: 17.95gms
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-9C5FFA
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone gaming counter of Roman date. The object is 15.9mm in diameter and 3.9mm thick, with vertical sides tapering slightly to the base. The upper edge is slightly bevelled and the upper face has a circular depression with a dimple at the centre from lathe turning.
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B6F904
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a bone hair pin, pin or needle of probable Roman date comprising a portion of the shaft and the pointed tip. The surface is a dark brown colour with oblique striations. The object is sub-circular in cross section and the point is conical. Measurements are; length 49.3mm, diameter at the widest point 2.3mm and weight 0.36g. This is narrower than the maximum diameter given for most Roman pins and hair pins on the PAS database, but this may be because the head is missing. Similar bone hair pins have been recorded on the database including SUR-6AA775 and LON-10EEF7.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-B6BCCD
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone gaming counter dating from AD 43-410. The counter is decorated with three shallow concentric rings on the upper surface, around a central circular depression. The reverse is undecorated. This decoration was possibly produced through turning on a lathe. The edges are bevelled outwards. Measurements are; length 17.7mm, width 11.9mm, thickness 2.8mm and weight 0.86g. Nearly half of the counter is missing. Similar examples have been recorded on the database particularly from the London area including LON-CCA86B and LON-57967B which cite published re…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-72FFBB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken bone pin and two heads of possible Roman date. The remains of the pin are largely undiagnostic. The pin shaft is the pointed terminus which would have been inserted into the hair. The two heads are globular but heavily worn. There is a possible dot decoration on one side. Shaft: L. 24.8mm, Thick. 2.8mm, Wgt. 0.21 Head 1: Diam. 3.9mm, Wgt. >0.01g Head 2. Diam. 3.2mm, Wgt. >0.01g
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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