Record ID: NMGW-C90A23
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The bodkin is complete but distorted and bent around its mid-section (with a distorted length of 70.4mm, a straightened length of approximately 142mm and a weight of 10.5g). The bodkin has a bowl terminal (5.6mm wide and 2.5mm deep) surmounted on the top of the shaft, which has a aperture, now filled with sediment. The top of the shaft has straight and near-parallel sides (5.3mm wide and 2.3mm thick), which are faceted to produce a hexagonal section. The top third of the bodkin is decorated on both faces with rectangular panels filled with incised geometric decoration and defined by tr…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2023
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