Record ID: WILT-778A95
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper of Mesolithic-Neolithic  date - 10,000-2,351 BC.   The flint is a pale to mid grey colour and not of the best quality .There are two small areas of cortex remaining.  Tertiary flake.  Some hard hammer.   The retouch is short, scaled and abrupt. Length: 49.4mm, width: 35.1mm, thickness: 19.1mm. Mass 42.92 grams. 
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-203ED0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single Iron Age ceramic sherd, found as part of a larger assemblage largely dating to the Late Roman period. See also: WILT-1FC395, WILT-1F722A, WILT-1EC569, WILT-1D7876. Sherd Extant Fabric Description Form Type Weight 54 Rim Iron Age A brown-buff fabric with extremely abundant rounded quartz (ranging from translucent to pink and brown). Relatively high fired with black reduced patches on the external surface. Pot with everted rim 20.08
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: WILT-1FC395
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of coarse ware sherds, found as part of a larger assemblage of Romano-British Sherds, probably dating to c. AD 200-410. See also: WILT-203ED0, WILT-1F722A, WILT-1EC569, WILT-1D7876. Sherd Extant Fabric Description Form Type Weight 20* Body Greyware A Fine grained fabric reduced to a pale grey and with small black glassy inclusions visible in the hand, rilling on interior surface suggests wheel thrown and with traces of burnishing on outer surface. Same fabric as 20-22, probably also …
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: WILT-1F722A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of samian vessel sherds, found as part of a larger assemblage of Romano-British Sherds, probably dating to c. AD 200-410. See also: WILT-203ED0, WILT-1FC395, WILT-1EC569, WILT-1D7876. Sherd Extant Fabric Description Form Type Weight 12 body Samian (South Gaulish) Cherry-red laminar fabric with white flecks and high sheen orange-red slip. Decorated with a floral motif with a front extending below with a longitudinal zig-zagging border to the right. Decorated hemispherical bowl…
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: WILT-1EC569
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of Black Burnished ware (BB1) vessel sherds, found as part of a larger assemblage of Romano-British Sherds, probably dating to c. AD 200-410. See also: WILT-203ED0, WILT-1FC395, WILT-1F722A, WILT-1D7876. Sherd Extant Fabric Description Form Type Weight 5 Rim BB1 Coarse dark grey fabric with common quartz inclusions and a black burnished surface. Straight sided bowl with a dropped flange. Seager Smith and Davies 1993, type 25 22.63 6 Rim …
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: WILT-1D7876
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of New Forest Ware vessel sherds, found as part of a larger assemblage of Romano-British Sherds, probably dating to c. AD 200-410. See also: WILT-203ED0, WILT-1FC395, WILT-1F722A, WILT-1EC569. Sherd Extant Fabric Description Form Type Weight 1 Rim New Forest Fine fabric with pinkish-buff margins and grey-white core, black slip Globular flask with narrow neck, everted rim and collar or flange below rim Fulford 1975, Type 8 12.46 2 Rim New …
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: WILT-7CE902
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Polden hill brooch, probably dating to AD 80-120. The brooch is largely complete, missing only its sprung pin. Transverse, semi-cylindrical wings project from the head of the brooch, these are open at the reverse and closed by perforated wing caps at either end. An incomplete central crest extends over the top of the head of the brooch, and is also continuous with a central logitudinal ridge that runs along the arris of the bow. This ridge is decorate with a series of transverse grooves, whilst the wings are decorate with two parallel longitudinal grooves each. Th…
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-7B9CED
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper alloy strap end, dating to c. AD 900-1050. The strap end is incomplete, missing its terminal, but would have originally been tongue-shaped in plan. The attachment end is rectangular and recessed, with three perforations retaining the corroded remains of three iron rivets. The The plate is moulded into an openwork foliate motif, consisting of a central stem from which project two pairs of bifurcating leaves, each with a scrolled end. The outermost pair of leaves, which normally scroll around to form the rounded end of the tongue-shaped plate, have been lost. Th…
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-79A6C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver uninscribed unit of the Dobunni (Western), probably dating to c. 50-20 BC. Cotswold Eagle type. Obverse: head right with stalk lips and a boss on chin. Reverse: triple tailed horse left. ABC no. 2015. BMC 2953-2962. VA 1042.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-798B49
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver unit of the Dubonni (Western region), probably dating to c. 50-25 BC. 'Cotswold cock' type. Obverse: Abstract head right, with stalk lips, pelleted crescent hair, boss on chin. Reverse: Three-tailed horse left, cock's head below. ABC 2012; VA 1020; BMC 2950-1.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-784F8B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver denarius of Severus Alexander, dating to AD 228 (reece period 11). P M TR P VII COS II P P reverse type, depicting Mars, helmeted, in military attire, standing right, holding spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield, resting on ground at side. Rome mint. RIC IV Severus Alexander 83a.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-66322A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of an uncertain emperor, probably dating to c. AD 317-348 (Reece Period 16 or 17). Uncertain reverse type, depicting a female deity standing left holding a vertical sceptre and a possible baton or ear of corn. Uncertain mint, possibly Trier. The coin has been pierced at 4 o'clock on the obverse, with a second, aborted attempt at piercing at 3 o'clock on the same face.
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
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Record ID: WILT-404012
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver denarius of Septimius Severus, dating to c. AD 196-197 (Reece Period 10). PROFECTIO AVG reverse type, depicting Septimius Severus, in military attire, on horse prancing right, holding spear in right hand. Mint of Rome. RIC IV Septimius Severus 91 or 106.
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-3F5E6A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy plate brooch, probably dating to AD 80-250. The brooch consists of a circular plate divided into three concentric fields by moulded borders, that at the centre being widest. Traces of enamel are retained within the outer two fields; that contained within the outermost is dark blue, within the middle it alternates between red and yellow. A perforated double lug projects from the reverse at one edge, retaining the corroded remains of an iron pin, whilst a catchplate projects from the other. Diameter: 32.5mm; Thickness 1mm; Weight 10.5g. cf. WILT-977629, …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-3E340E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy sestertius or dupondius, probably of a Flavian emperor, dating to c. 69-96 (Reece Period 4). Uncertain reverse type, depicting a female deity standing left with a cornucopia. Probably Rome mint. The coin is pierced at 7 o'clock on the obverse.
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-3D37F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy annular brooch, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The brooch consists of a circular frame, with four irregularly placed expansions. The expansion at 12 o'clock is recessed at its centre to accommodate a lost pin, however the other three expansions are offset from the two axes. The frame has a flat reverse and a bevelled exterior edge; the expanded sections appear sub-triangular in cross section, with the other areas appearing either shallowly so, or sub-rectangular. Diameter c. 23mmm; Thickness c. 3mm; Weight 3g
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
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Record ID: WILT-C28DAE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidientified lead alloy object of probable modern date. The object is sub-oval in cross-section and is symmetrical along both axis, both in plan and cross section. It tapers from both ends into a central transverse waist, and the object is divided in half by a deep longitudinal groove on both faces. Length 16.5mm; Width 20.1mm; Thickness 12.4mm; Weight 11.05g.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-C22439
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy buckle dating to AD 1200-1500. The buckle consists of a circular frame with a central bar. The frame is circular in cross section. Diameter 18.3mm; Thickness 2.7mm; Weight 1.59g. cf. similar buckles from Medieval contexts in London (Egan & Pritchard 2002: 65-66, no. 214-220).
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-C1D4BB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Fragmentary copper alloy strap fitting of uncertain date, but possibly Roman, c. AD 200-410. The surviving fragment consists of an elongated trapezoidal plate truncated at its narrow end by an old break. The front of the plate is decorated with three ring and dot punches, arranged in a triangle, whilst an integral rivet expands from the reverse. Length 18.4mm; Width 11.2mm; Thickness 7.3mm; Weight 1.37g. The fragment is too incomplete to be identified with certainty outside of a secure archaeological context; it bears some similarity to late Roman strap and belt fittings,…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-C02B6A
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy bracelet fragment, probably dating to c. AD 250-410. The fragment is truncated by old breaks at both ends and plano-convex in cross section. At one end the fragment is moulded into a pair of abutting, slightly expanded bosses, both flanked by a pair of transverse collars. The bosses are decorated with two parallel bands of transverse faint, short, grooves, just inside the collars. The section of the bracelet beyond these bosses is moulded into a central longitudinal ridge, with less prominent ridges running along each edge. Length 35.3mm; Width 10.3mm; Thick…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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