Record ID: SWYOR-7A0116
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval bone tuning peg probably dating from AD 1200 - 1500. The tuning peg has a sub-circular sectioned shank with a perforation at one end, through which the instrument string would have passed. At the opposite end the cross-section changes to a sub-rectangular shape approximately 12mm from the end. The tuning peg has a light tan patina and the dimensions are; length 49.9mm, width 7.4mm, thickness 5.9mm and weight 3.0g. LON-9337E9 cites that similar tuning pegs are published in MacGregor (1985:147) and MacGregor, Mainman & Rogers (1999:1978) where they note that a key would h…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-F45BD8
Object type: COMB
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone or antler comb [MF]; the source record suggests this to be part of a stringed musical instrument. Database accompanying source record: 'Bone tailpiece of a stringed instrument, two rows of drilled holes and remains of a third row, six holes to each'. Suggested date: possibly Medieval, 1100-1300 Length: 95mm, Width: 30mm, Thickness: 7.7mm, Weight: 17.95gms
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-38C77E
Object type: CHESS PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Antler or cetacean ivory game piece. A cylindrical chess piece with ‘equine’ features – a nasal ridge flanked by drilled eyes being the most prominent  – and rows of multiple incised or drilled ring and dot. The form suggests this was a Knight. The first chess pieces were large and chunky objects. This identification presupposes contact with the Middle East whence the game of chess came to the West, and parallels in various materials including jet are usually dated to the 12th century, perhaps with reference to the Crusades. Suggested date: Medieval, 1…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-72E166
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete horn knife handle of uncertain date. The handle is from a tang knife and is probably made of horn. The handle would have had two metal band just in from either end. At one end it flares out to 21.22mm. The handle has an off centre rectangular aperture for the tang of the blade.  Dimensions: length: 66.59mm; diameter: 14.60mm; weight: 15.54mm
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-FDDD22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval possible antler casket mount dating to c. AD 1100-1250. The flattened strip is rectangular in plan and broken at both ends, due to old breaks. It is decorated with three complete and one incomplete incised double-ring-and-dot motifs. Iron oxide staining on the rear may potentially derive from an iron fixing-pin, although no receiving piercing is evident in this section. Dimensions: Length: 49.0mm, Width: 14.0mm, Thickness: 2.0mm, Weight: 2.0g. The find may be from an item of furniture or casket. The mount is very similar in f…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-6FD579
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unidentified object Post-Medieval date, made from Animal Skeletal Material, dating to, c.AD 700 - 1900. The lower portion of the object appears to have a scallop shell design. Above is an undecorated hotizontal rectangular bar.  Length: 31.7 mm Width: 20.4 mm Thickness: 5.2 mm Weight: 3.1 g
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-F46EA8
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A carved bone fragment of the terminal end of a single scale from a scale tang knife of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1700. The object is sub rectangular in plan and in cross section with a chamfered edge to the upper surface and a flat underside. One end is broken. The terminal is plain and undecorated with a 2.5mm diameter drilled hole for a rivet. Measurements are; length 20.4mm, width 15.6mm, thickness 4.5mm and weight 1.53g. The perforation is 2.5mm in diameter. Cowgill et al (1987) note that no scale tang knives were found in London earlier tha…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: LON-78B66F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval to early post-medieval bone rosary bead dating from AD 1450-1550. The bead is a memento mori type with a forward facing young female bust on one side probably depicting Maria (Mary) and on the other side a skull to ‘remember thy mortality’. The female figure is wearing late Medieval fashion consisting of a wimple, the cloth headdress covering the head, neck, and the sides of the face. The bead is pierced vertically with a central perforation for suspension on a rosery. After Queen Elizabeth I (…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: LON-9337E9
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval bone tuning peg probably dating 13th - 15th century. The tuning peg has a circular sectioned shank with a perforation at one end, through which the string would have passed. At the opposite end the cross-section changes to square approximately 10mm from the end. Similar tuning pegs are published in MacGregor (1985:147) and MacGregor, Mainman & Rogers (1999:1978) they note that a key would have fitted over the square end to tune instruments such as harps, lyres or fiddles. The published examples date from the late 12th century - the end of the 13th century (MacGregor 198…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FE413C
Object type: ICE SKATE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete  bone ice skate, probably dating from the late Early Medieval  to late Post Medieval period. The object is formed  from a bone metapodial, which has been carved and flattened at the top and bottom, using a saw. The proximal end of the bone has been cut angling each side and the front (upward from base to top)  to form a point. There is a strap hole drilled through the front , perpendicular to the length of the bone (side to side); the strap used to secure the skate to the feet is missing. The distal end of the object is broken and lost in antiquity. Fa…
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: LON-0307CC
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval bone tuning peg dating froom the 13th-15th century. The tuning peg has a circular sectioned shank with a perforation at one end, through which the string would have passed. At the opposite end the pin is broken the with the square head now missing. Similar tuning pegs are published in MacGregor (1985:147) and MacGregor, Mainman & Rogers (1999:1978) they note that a key would have fitted over the square end to tune instruments such as harps, lyres or fiddles. The published examples date from the late 12th century - the end of the 13th century (MacGregor 1985:147) and th…
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
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Record ID: LON-D85052
Object type: PARCHMENT PRICKER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval bone or ivory parchment-pricker dating to the 13th-16th century. The shaft has a circular cross-section and tapers towards the tip, which is socketed to accommodate the iron tip which is missing. At the opposite end the stylus has a globular head with a three banded collar below. The parchment pricker is a mid-dark brown in colour. Dimensions: length: 69.40mm; diameter of head: 8.67mm; weight: 2.77g These objects were in use throughout the medieval period though most parallels are from the later 13th -16th century, AD.1270-1600 (Egan 1…
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Record ID: KENT-AD1248
Object type: PARCHMENT PRICKER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn medieval bone object, probably a so called 'parchment pricker' or a stylus, c. AD.1270-1600. Description: The object has a hemispherical, oval head with a tapering shaft which has been sharpened to a point. Below the head the top of the shaft is decorated with a series of seven grooves forming a thicker collar and then five circumferal panels, the middle panel being slightly wider than the others. The object is a mid brown colour with a polished finish and is in good condition. Measurements: Length:66.64mm; Diameter of head: 6.17mm; height of head: 8.55mm; We…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-612F07
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bone or ivory probable gaming piece of medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1300. The object is rectangular in plan and section with engraved possible anthropomorphic decoration. One face bears in sub-triangular panel with chevron engraving below which are two raised bands, separated by a recessed band, which continue to either side. The raised bands have a series of shallow circular indentations. The recessed band has a deep circular depression on each of the three surfaces, possibly peg holes. Each side has raised sub-triangular shapes to the upper end, each with a shal…
Created on: Thursday 3rd October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Record ID: LON-510B6C
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval tuning peg made from animal skeletal material, probably bone, probably dating 13th - 15th century. The tuning peg has a circular sectioned shank with a perforation at one end, through which the string would have passed. There is a small chip off the circular end. At the opposite end the cross-section changes to rectangular approximately 10.8mm from the end. Similar tuning pegs are published in MacGregor (1985:147) and MacGregor, Mainman & Rogers (1999:1978) they note that a key would have fitted over the square end to tune instruments such as harps, lyres or fiddles. The …
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Last updated: Sunday 21st November 2021
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Record ID: SF-FA19A9
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a bone or antler object, probably a medieval gaming piece. The fragment is curved in shape with one complete curved edge and a similarly curved design incised on its outer face, suggesting that it was fully circular in shape originally. The incised designed consists of two curved lines c.8mm apart with a line of compass engraved ring-and-dots between them. Objects of similar form and decoration have been assigned a range of dates on the PAS database. For example LON-A11312 is described as a Roman to medieval gaming piece and ESS-648BF1 as an early medieval gaming piec…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-1CE628
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An eight-sided flat section of worked bone with a central perforation 5.6mm in diameter. A pair of grooved lines run from the perforation to a corner of the object, creating eight radiating panels. Each of these is decorated close to the outside edge with a ring-and-dot motif. The underside is undecorated. It measures 28.3x27.3x3.6mm and weighs 3.47g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
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Record ID: LON-5C2F2D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval ivory knife handle dating from AD 1100-1500. The handle consists of a rectangular section, which tapers to the grip, and a circular terminal at the widest end. The handle has a squared section. The handle is broken towards the blade end. The object is decorated with dots and a double linear engraving lines running around the edges of the rectangular section. The dots form a series of quatrefoils running up the centre of the handle, with larger quatrefoil or cross in the circular terminal formed of smaller dots around a larger central dot. There is also a border …
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-12BF4E
Object type: DIE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete bone or ivory cuboid die, probably of late Medieval to early Post Medieval date. The numbers are in negative relief and indicated by drilled dot marks which are positioned in a regular layout, so the opposite sides add up to 7, and in an arrangement known as Potter's variant 15. Egan suggests this is an uncommon arrangement of dots for the post-medieval period, (16th century onwards), when the Potter's variant 16 became almost invariably the common arrangement for this time (Egan 1997:3). In his listing of dice used for his research, Egan mentions a Southwark die of variant…
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-972035
Object type: MANUFACTURING DEBRIS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of late medieval - modern (c.1400-1900) bone button or bead making waste fragment. These are worked fragments from a long bone or rib, cut to form flat plates. The shorter fragment has one convex face, presumably from the outside surface of the bone. The largest fragment has a concave complete edge and is curving in shape. The larger, curving fragment (55.2x12.7x5.3mm) has seven incomplete circular holes 6-7mm in diameter, four of which are in two pairs and placed diagonally next to each other. The remainder are in a straight line. The smaller fragment (23.6x19.6x5.…
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2018
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