Record ID: WMID-6C0B32
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, possibly a fragement of a whetstone or honeing stone used for sharpening. What remains of the object is wedge shaped, tapering from 15.82 mm wide at its widest end to 9.33 mm wide at the break. The object has been pierced, possibly for suspension, near the widest end, with a hole measuring approximately 3.6 mm in diameter. The object measures 44.11 mm long, 5.48 mm thick and weighs 5.8 grams. Its date is uncertain.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: HESH-5FC6A4
Object type: TOMB
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete rectangular fragment of worked white marble, probably from the outside of a mausoleum or tomb structure, of Roman dating (1st to 4th Centuries AD). The fragment consists of a rectangular piece of marble, with three smooth sides and three irregular sides (old breaks where it has broken off from a larger piece of marble). It measures 55.25mm in length, 41.44mm wide and 18.03mm thick. It weighs 99.14 grams. Roger White (University of Birmingham) has identified this as a fragment of marble from the outside of a mausoleum or similar tomb structure. It was found from alo…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2013
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Record ID: HESH-5F6FE3
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six (6) sub cuboid white stone probable tesserae. Each tessera consists of a sub cuboid shape, made out of a light grey fine grained limestone type stone. One surface of each tessera appears to be slightly polished which is the result of being walked over. The other surfaces are rough and irregular in shape. The measurements of the tesserae are as follows: 1. 26.53mm in length, 14.60mm wide & 14.95mm thick. It weighs 12.06 grams. 2. 20.96mm in length, 18.25mm wide & 14.89mm thick. It weighs 10.47 grams. 3. 20.39mm in length, 20.66mm wide & 19.56mm thick. It weighs 17.54 grams…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2012
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