Record ID: OXON-B29187
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-scraper made on a thick flake of a brown-orange flint. The scraper is sub-square in plan and broadly rectangular in profile, although the large bulb is retained on the reverse. There has been some recortication of the scraper, with this extending over the hard hammer retouching on the right side of the distal end. There are more modern removals (cutting through the patina of the recortication) to the left hand edge. This piece is hard to date as its execution is generally undiagnostic, however it is potentially Palaeolithic (c. 450,000-10,000 BC).
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B278B7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint crested bladelet or crested flake of probable Mesolithic date (c. 10,000-4000 BC). The bladelet has been made on a secondary flake of a grey-brown, semi-translucent flint. Some cresting is visible on the dorsal side. The bulb is retained although incomplete, probably as a result of modern damage.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B26565
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-scraper of probable Neolithic date (c. 4000-2500 BC). The scraper has been made on a tertiary crested blade of a mottled grey to orange brown flint. The distal end has soft-hammer retouch to the dorsal side, with some more haphazard reoutching (potentially of later date) to the left hand dorsal edge. There is also some modern damage evident.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B24C3D
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a broken blade of uncertain prehistoric date (Late (Upper) Palaeolithic to Neolithic, c. 40,000-2,500 BC). The blade is made on a mottled dark orange-brown flint. It is broadly triangular in profile although it is more flat at the proximal end. There are three broad removals on the dorsal surface, with some modern damage / edging. The blade is broken towards the distal end.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B22E78
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a broken polished axehead dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2500 BC). The flint is dark brown-orange in colour. The fragment represents a section of the left side of the near-distal end of an axehead, displaying a slight side-facet and polishing to the dorsal and ventral surfaces. Modern damage is evident towards the distal end, with possibly some modern retouching to one section of the ventral edge.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B1DAEE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete partially crested knife of later Neolithic date (c. 3000-2500 BC). The knife is made on a secondary flake of a pale yellow and grey flint. The knife is triangular in section with an uneven dorsal crest and flat ventral side. Multi-directional hard hammer retouching is present around nearly all of the dorsal surface. A tiny section of the platform has been retained but the bulb has been removed by one or possibly two hard blows to the ventral proximal end.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B1B1EA
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken fragment of a flint core of undetermined prehistoric date (Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age, c. 10,000-1600 BC). The flint is a dark grey colour with brown mottling throughout. A small section of cortex remains. A small number of removals are evident; the fragment appears to have broken laterally. The fragment is amorphous and has modern damage.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B18F30
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern (c. AD 1800-2010) flint scraper made on an ancient flake of uncertain prehistoric date. The scraper is broadly circular in plan with part of the platform and the buld retained. There is some re-cortication, through which the modern retouching is cut. The modern retouching is at the proximal tip and around the distal edge. It is possible that a farm worker (for example) may have created and used this scraper in Victorian (or even more modern) times. The Victorians also used to practice flint knapping; this example is of the incorrect shape to be a gun flint so was probably for…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B17707
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of three (3) flint scrapers of probable Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500-1600 BC). The scrapers are all broadly circular in plane with invasive,scaled yet expedient retouching between around 50%-90% of the edges. All three scrapers retain cortex; two are primary flakes with the third being secondary. Retouching has occured through the cortex in two examples. The flints vary in colour; light-dark grey; mottles yellow and grey; dark reddish brown.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B15B70
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-scraper of probable Neolithic date, although potentially late Mesolithic. The scraper has been made on a tertiary flake of a mottled dark grey flint. The proximal end and three-quarters of the left side has been invasively retouched, removing any trace of the platform and bulb. The distal end ventral side has a hinge fracture. Suggested date c. 6000-2500 BC.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B14214
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint crested bladelet of probable Mesolithic date (c. 10,000-4000 BC). The bladelet has been made on a tertiary flake with the flint being a mottled light to dark brown colour. Part of the platform is retained as is the low bulb. Three or four long flake scars are present on the dorsal surface, with a small area of cresting towards the distal end. There is possibly a small area of retouch on one edge close to the proximal end. There are two small areas of modern damage.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-AEE6D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold quarter stater of the Southern Regini/Artebates tribe dating to the period c. 60 - 50 BC. Selsey Dahlia type. The obverse depicts wreath design with hidden face. The reverse depicts a triple-tail horse facing right with a pellet-line mane; above, flower; before, pellets and crescent with central dot; below wheel. This appears to be the same die as that illustrated in ABC. ABC 500, BMC 489 - 495.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
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Record ID: OXON-AE9ED7
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2018 T297. Description: An incomplete gold strip bracelet of Roman date. The fragment consists of a thin rectangular sheet of gold, flat on the reverse and decorated on the front. The front decoration comprises three raised ribs running longitudinally down the length of the strip, with multiple impressed diagonal lines to produce a rope-like effect. The outer edges of the bracelet have a thin raised border. Either end of the strip terminates in a jagged break. The reverse is flat, plain and undecorated. Dimensions: 27.8mm long; 6.7mm wide; 0.8mm thick; 1.4 grams. D…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
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Record ID: OXON-AE2CF9
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete early medieval gold pendant set with Roman mosaic glass. The pendant is broadly circular in plan and constructed from a sheet gold back-plate with setting formed from a narrow strip of gold sheet. The setting contains a decorated piece of glass appearing almost black in colour, with seven oval eye-like motifs of blue within a white background, arranged two-three-two from the top. At the top of the pendant is a suspension loop formed from a strip of gold rolled into a tube. The join between back-plate and cell is decorated with ropework made from gold wire. The r…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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