Record ID: WILT-FB8D75
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone gaming piece of uncertain date. The gaming piece is rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross section. The front face is decorated with four central ring and dot motif broadly forming a square in the centre of the artefact. The remainder of the front face is undecorated. The front and back faces are slightly raised and convex in the centre. A transverse incision is visible on one end face. The piece is 30.65mm in length, 10.0mm wide, 7.2mm thick and weighs 3.89 grams.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Record ID: WILT-71CE34
Object type: COMB
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval double-sided bone comb type 14b. One side has incomplete coarse teeth (1 per 3.5mm) and the other side fine (c. 4 3.5mm). The comb has a thick outer edge with a tapering end; the other end has broken away so the full length of the comb is unknown. Only a fragment of the outer edge remains, the majority is lost. The surviving section of the comb is 64.75mm in length, 40.85mm wide, 5.1mm thick and weighs 10.46 grams. Similar combs can be found in Egan and Pritchard (1991, p. 371-372, ref. 1726-1728) and are dated to c. 1270-1400 AD. Ashby FGR Datasheet 40 d…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2013
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