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: 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: LON-249B20
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cowry or cowrie shell probably dating to the 18th century. Cowrie shells were used as form of currency in West Africa during the 17th-18th century. Pallaver writes "The price of enslaved people was quoted in cowries, and this constantly increased throughout the period of the transatlantic slave trade, especially during its peak in the 18th century. Enslaved people were often sold many times before reaching the coast and being sold to Europeans. In the 1710s, the price for an enslaved person might have started at 172 cowrie shells in the interio…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: LON-249191
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cowry or cowrie shell probably dating to the 18th century. Cowrie shells were used as form of currency in West Africa during the 17th-18th century. Pallaver writes "The price of enslaved people was quoted in cowries, and this constantly increased throughout the period of the transatlantic slave trade, especially during its peak in the 18th century. Enslaved people were often sold many times before reaching the coast and being sold to Europeans. In the 1710s, the price for an enslaved person might have started at 172 cowrie shells in the interio…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: LON-806576
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to early Post-Medieval bone rosary bead dating from AD 1450-1550. The bead is a memento mori type with a forward facing male head and on the other side a skull to ‘remember thy mortality’. The male figure is bearded and probably depicts the Head of Christ. The bead is pierced vertically with a central perforation for suspension on a rosary. After Queen Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) was formally excommunicated by Pope Pius V legislation was passed in 1571 to finally outlaw rosaries in Eng…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: LON-6B4C24
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. It is a domino of the value of 6 (3 and 3) with 6 drilled circular pits on one side. The pits are irregularly spaced. The 3 and 3 pits are separated by a pair of incised line. The reverse side is undecorated. The earliest domino sets are thought to date from the 13th century and originate in China. The game reached Europe by the 18th century and is thought to derive its name from the French word 'Domino' for a black and white hood wor…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: LON-2FC1FB
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 150 - 400. The hair pin is a Greep type B1.1 and Crummy type 3. The head is spherical and crudely formed. The pin shaft tapers to join the head and bulges outwards as it moves away and then tapers again towards a point, which is broken and now missing. Dimensions: length: 51.74mm; diameter of shaft: 4.38mm; diameter of head: 6.17mm; weight: 1.43g Greep (1983:350) writes "Whilst the overwhelming majority of these forms belong to the third and fourth centuries, Crummy's (1979, 161) date of c.AD 200 for the arrival of the…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-9AC4F5
Object type: PARCHMENT PRICKER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval bone parchment-pricker dating to the 13th-16th century. The shaft has a circular cross-section and tapers towards the tip, which is socketed to accommodate the iron tip. At the opposite end the stylus would have been carved terminal this is broken and missing. There is a series of five incised lines around the shaft of the stylus at the terminal end. The parchment pricker is a mid-dark brown in colour. Dimensions: length: 59.46mm; width: 5.74mm; weight: 2.32g. These objects were in use throughout the medieval period though most p…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-72E166
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete horn knife handle of uncertain date. The handle is from a tang knife and is probably made of horn. The handle would have had two metal band just in from either end. At one end it flares out to 21.22mm. The handle has an off centre rectangular aperture for the tang of the blade.  Dimensions: length: 66.59mm; diameter: 14.60mm; weight: 15.54mm
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-702CA6
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman bone needle, AD 50-410. The needle has a pointed head and tapers to a point. The eye is formed by two drilled holes forming a figure of eight aperture. The bone itself has taken on a dark brown patina due to the deposition environment. This is a Crummy type 1 needle. Other Roman needles on the database are LON-62C774, BM-A20720 and BM-A1EE8B. Crummy (1995:65) writes "type 1 is only found in bone, and is the counterpart of bone hairpin Types 1 and 2, being a simple tapering shaft with a pointed head. The length of the head varie…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: LON-702816
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 150 - 400. The hair pin is a Greep type B1.1 and Crummy type 3. The head is spherical and crudely formed. The pin shaft tapers to join the head and bulges outwards as it moves away and then tapers again towards a point. Dimensions: length: 107.25mm; max diameter of shaft: 5.03mm; diameter of head: 7.52mm; weight: 3.19g Greep (1983:350) writes "Whilst the overwhelming majority of these forms belong to the third and fourth centuries, Crummy's (1979, 161) date of c.AD 200 for the arrival of these types is challenged by …
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-6EAD03
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An  incomplete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 150 - 400. The head is flame shaped. The pin shaft tapers to join the head and bulges outwards as it moves away and then tapers again towards a point, the tip of which is broken and missing. Crummy lists this form as miscellaneous type. Crummy (1995:26 fig.437) shows a similar hair pin. Dimensions: length: 91.28mm; max diameter of shaft: 2.87mm; diameter of head: 4.29mm; weight: 0.83g The associated pottery assemblage form this site point to a second-early third century date. References: Crummy, N. 1995. The Ro…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-BDD782
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone gaming counter dating from AD 50-410. The counter is decorated with four shallow concentric rings on the upper surface, the reverse has scratched VV and other lines. This decoration was possibly produced through turning on a lathe. The edges straight. Similar counter can be found in Crummy (1995: Nos. 2271), and in MacGregor (1985: pg132-133). Kenyon type B.1, they seem to have been produced throughout the Roman period with little variation. Dimensions: diameter: 21.41mm; thickness: 2.51mm; weight: 1.57g Other gaming counters on the databa…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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Record ID: LON-CCA86B
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone gaming counter dating from AD 50-410. The counter is decorated with three shallow concentric rings on the upper surface, the reverse in undecorated. This decoration was possibly produced through turning on a lathe. The edges are bevelled outwards. Similar counter can be found in Crummy (1995: Nos. 2271), and in MacGregor (1985: pg132-133). Kenyon type B.1, they seem to have been produced throughout the Roman period with little variation. Dimensions: diameter: 15.61mm; thickness: 2.6mm; weight: 0.5g Other gaming counters on the database are LON-…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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Record ID: LON-CC6E54
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone needle, AD 50-410. The needle tapers to a point. The needle is broken with only the base of the eye aperture present. The bone itself has taken on a mid brown patina due to the deposition environment.  Other Roman needles on the database are LON-62C774, BM-A20720 and BM-A1EE8B. Dimensions: length: 61.90mm; with: 4.15mm; thickness: 2.25mm; weight: 0.64g. Reference: Crummy, N. 1995. The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979. Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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Record ID: LON-CC6C9F
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 150 - 400. The hair pin is a Greep type B1.1 and Crummy type 3. The head is spherical and crudely formed. The pin shaft tapers to join the head and bulges outwards as it moves away and then tapers again towards a point. Dimensions: length: 71.19mm; diameter of shaft: 4.35mm; diameter of head: 7.42mm; weight: 1.89g Greep (1983:350) writes "Whilst the overwhelming majority of these forms belong to the third and fourth centuries, Crummy's (1979, 161) date of c.AD 200 for the arrival of these types is challenged by a sma…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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Record ID: LON-F976D7
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone needle or bodkin with a long oval eye dating from the 17th century. The bodkin terminates in a small acorn shaped finial under this is one long oval eye with two perforations below separated by a collar. The bodkin shaft tapers, but is now broken and missing its point. Dimensions: length: 70.17mm; width: 6.83mm, thickness: 2.42mm; weight: 1.50g. References: Crummy, N. 1988. The post-Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-85. Colchester Archaeological Report 5. Colchester Archaeological Trust
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: LON-552B5E
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval bone cuboid dice dating 16th - 18th century. The numbers are indicated by a single dot; they are arranged so the opposite sides add up to 7. The sides are in the arrangement known as Potter's variant 16. Egan (1997:3) writes "A remarkable degree of uniformity is emerging in London for the most recent excavated dice, that is those of the 16th/17th century and later, first noticed among a group of over 40 of various sizes and with numbers indicated by double-circle-and-dot, circle-and-dot or dot alone, all of 17th - 18th century date and found at the site of the…
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: LON-31A1F6
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone gaming counter dating from AD 50-410. Approximately half the counter remains. The counter is undecorated except for a central concave depression and a small central hole on one side, possibly from a lathe. The edges are bevelled outwards. Similar counters can be found in Crummy (1995: No. 2256), and in MacGregor (1985: pg132-133). Kenyon type A, they seem to have been produced throughout the Roman period with little variation. Dimensions: diameter: 18.68mm;  weight: 0.97g Other gaming counters on the database are LON-CD5569 and LON-5A9DBC. Ref…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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Record ID: LON-1AFB56
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval ivory knife handle dating from AD 1768. The remaining knife consists of the two scales from a scale tang 'pistol grip' knife. The scales have eight iron rivets securing the handle to the scale tang. Both sides are decorated with inlayed silver annulets. The annulets are arranged to read [P]ETER 6 // 8 IOHNSON, the name is probably the owner of the knife (Peter Johnson) the 6 and 8 represent the year 1768. The knife was found with the iron elements heavily corroded, part of which is sill attached to inside of the scales. Knives with this style of…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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