Record ID: GLO-9468E4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bone handle length 58mm, width 19mm, thickness 9mm, weight 9.48g. This fragment is rectangular in plan, with a hollow C-shape in cross-section. The face is smooth and incised with linear decoration consisting of a thick crosshatch band on the butt, followed by two plain bands and a third band with a zigzag line in the centre. In the centre is a cross saltire of two lines bordering hatched lines. The rest of the handle is truncated after this point. On the reverse behind the cross saltire is a slot that has been cut through the centre of the bone, this slot is 21mm long and would have …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Last updated: Sunday 2nd August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tytherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-F75CA2
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bone counter or gaming piece, 18mm in diameter and 10mm high at widest part. The object is circular and has a faint and roughly fashioned recessed edge. viewed from the side it is wedge shaped, though this appears to be a result of its rough manufacture, rather than a deliberate action. The piece could be Anglo-saxon as bone was commonly used for gaming pieces.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-303505
Object type: COMB
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
End fragment of a bone comb. The comb would have been made up of two headplates placed either side of a central plate of bone with teeth cut into it, and secured in place by rivets. This comb fragment has only one headplate and part of the teeth plate remaining, with an iron rivet holding them together. The headplate is decorated with incised diagonal lines and one incised circle.
Created on: Friday 20th June 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC3073
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A conical worked bone or ivory ?lace tag, the tag is only appears to be open ended at the wider end, there is a small half circular aperture near this end, and the object is decorated with 4 carved ridges running one above the aperture two just below and one near the smaller 'closed' end just above a terminal knob.
Created on: Friday 19th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.