Record ID: SUR-071FBE
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval die carved from bone or antler, with faces around 7mm wide and drilled spots of c.1mm diameter. Circa 16th-17th century, most probably of Elizabethan or Jacobean date.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-34929C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete Post Medieval bone hat pin dating from 19th century. The remaining pin consist of the head only. The head is circular in plan and is decorated on both sides with six evenly spaced radiating grooves around central circular hole where the pin stem would have attached. Dimensions: diameter: 18.47mm; thickness: 1.87mm; weight: 1.87g
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-61AC2C
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an object, possibly produced in bone. Possibly a bodkin dating from the Post-Medieval period, c. AD 1600-1800. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and rounded sub-rectangular in section. At either end of the fragment there are worn breaks. At one end there is a pair of grooves. One of which runs around the full object while the other runs around one side, the edges but does not meet on the other side. The fragment has a surface which resembles other bone objects recorded by the PAS. It is dark brown and appears slightly porous. It measures 35.52mm in lengt…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CC33A1
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval bone gaming piece for the game 'dominos' or 'dominoes', probably dating to the 18th-19th century. The piece is 24.6mm long, with an incised line across the width of the centre on one side. There are no marks of value to each side of this line, suggesting that the piece is either unfinished or represents a double blank (i.e. a "wild" in the game).
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: LON-A203FA
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone zoomorphic toilet implement dating to the 16th century. The remaining part consists of the decorative head and stem. The terminal has been decoratively carved to depict a three dimensional head of a unicorn. Part of the horn is broken and missing. The neck is curved, and is decorated with five diagonal engraved lines on either side, representing a mane. Where the animal connects to the stem is an elaborate collar consisting of a plain band, a concave section expanding to a middle band with two incised groves, a second conca…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-249B20
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cowry or cowrie shell probably dating to the 18th century. Cowrie shells were used as form of currency in West Africa during the 17th-18th century. Pallaver writes "The price of enslaved people was quoted in cowries, and this constantly increased throughout the period of the transatlantic slave trade, especially during its peak in the 18th century. Enslaved people were often sold many times before reaching the coast and being sold to Europeans. In the 1710s, the price for an enslaved person might have started at 172 cowrie shells in the interio…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: LON-249191
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cowry or cowrie shell probably dating to the 18th century. Cowrie shells were used as form of currency in West Africa during the 17th-18th century. Pallaver writes "The price of enslaved people was quoted in cowries, and this constantly increased throughout the period of the transatlantic slave trade, especially during its peak in the 18th century. Enslaved people were often sold many times before reaching the coast and being sold to Europeans. In the 1710s, the price for an enslaved person might have started at 172 cowrie shells in the interio…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-26015A
Object type: MARLIN SPIKE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval bone tool of uncertain function probably dating to c. 1500-1800 and made from a Caprid / Ovid metapodial. The proximal end of the bone has been cut at an oblique angle, possibly to form a scoop. There is a round hole, 6.2mm in diameter cut through one side of the bone, possibly for the insertion of a lanyard. There is no other evidence of working or decoration. Possibly intended for use as an apple corer or perhaps a fid for rope splicing or basketry.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: LON-806576
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST 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 male head and on the other side a skull to ‘remember thy mortality’. The male figure is bearded and probably depicts the Head of Christ. The bead is pierced vertically with a central perforation for suspension on a rosary. After Queen Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) was formally excommunicated by Pope Pius V legislation was passed in 1571 to finally outlaw rosaries in Eng…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: LON-6B4C24
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval bone gaming piece for the game 'dominos' or 'dominoes', probably dating to the 18th-19th century. It is a domino of the value of 6 (3 and 3) with 6 drilled circular pits on one side. The pits are irregularly spaced. The 3 and 3 pits are separated by a pair of incised line. The reverse side is undecorated. The earliest domino sets are thought to date from the 13th century and originate in China. The game reached Europe by the 18th century and is thought to derive its name from the French word 'Domino' for a black and white hood wor…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: LON-9AC4F5
Object type: PARCHMENT PRICKER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval bone 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. At the opposite end the stylus would have been carved terminal this is broken and missing. There is a series of five incised lines around the shaft of the stylus at the terminal end. The parchment pricker is a mid-dark brown in colour. Dimensions: length: 59.46mm; width: 5.74mm; weight: 2.32g. These objects were in use throughout the medieval period though most p…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: BH-7BE8EE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone knife handle fragment, dating c. AD 1500-1700. The fragment is sub-rectangular and D-shape in cross-section, with a rounded face, broadly flat underside, tapering sides and rounded edges. It comprises one half of an oval-sectioned knife handle that is broken at one end, making it difficult to estimate how long it would have been. The narrow intact end is flatly finished and curves into the upper face. The two long edges are relatively straight with minimal damage except for some areas of wear. Part of the wider end may be the extremity. Part of the…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-18CE8D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval bone tool of uncertain function probably dating c. 1500-1800. The object is formed from a sheep's metapodial. The proximal end of the bone has been sliced obliquely; the edges around the hollow centre are very worn, rounded and smooth. One one side is a worn tear shaped aperture with worn and smooth edges. On the reverse are a pair of sub-oval indentations, each set either side of the epiphysis. The bone surface is glossy and a deep red brown. There is a crack running though the centre of each long face of the object.&…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-710B65
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval die carved from bone or antler, with square faces around 6.5mm across and drilled spots of around 1mm in diameter. Circa 16th-17th century, most probably of Elizabethan or Jacobean date.
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: LON-F976D7
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone needle or bodkin with a long oval eye dating from the 17th century. The bodkin terminates in a small acorn shaped finial under this is one long oval eye with two perforations below separated by a collar. The bodkin shaft tapers, but is now broken and missing its point. Dimensions: length: 70.17mm; width: 6.83mm, thickness: 2.42mm; weight: 1.50g. References: Crummy, N. 1988. The post-Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-85. Colchester Archaeological Report 5. Colchester Archaeological Trust
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: LON-552B5E
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval bone cuboid dice dating 16th - 18th century. The numbers are indicated by a single dot; they are arranged so the opposite sides add up to 7. The sides are in the arrangement known as Potter's variant 16. Egan (1997:3) writes "A remarkable degree of uniformity is emerging in London for the most recent excavated dice, that is those of the 16th/17th century and later, first noticed among a group of over 40 of various sizes and with numbers indicated by double-circle-and-dot, circle-and-dot or dot alone, all of 17th - 18th century date and found at the site of the…
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: LON-1AFB56
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval ivory knife handle dating from AD 1768. The remaining knife consists of the two scales from a scale tang 'pistol grip' knife. The scales have eight iron rivets securing the handle to the scale tang. Both sides are decorated with inlayed silver annulets. The annulets are arranged to read [P]ETER 6 // 8 IOHNSON, the name is probably the owner of the knife (Peter Johnson) the 6 and 8 represent the year 1768. The knife was found with the iron elements heavily corroded, part of which is sill attached to inside of the scales. Knives with this style of…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-66AD18
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval bone knife handle with iron scale tang dating to the first half of the 16th century. The knife is a scale tang form with bone scales held by five copper alloy rivets running at regular intervals down the length of the handle. The knife has a trefoil 'crown shaped' terminal. An almost identical knife handle was recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose which sank in AD 1545. Gardiner and Allen (2005:147 no. 81A1439). Dimensions: length: 83.53mm; width: 18.57mm; thickness: 7.91mm; weight: 13.25g Gardiner, J. and Allen, M.J., 2005. Before the Mast: Life and …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Record ID: LON-711776
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval ivory diptych pocket sundial (late 16th – early 17th century). This is the upper half (leaf) for a pocket sun dial which forms a vertical sundial when the case is opened, the lower part is missing. This is possibly the upper half of LON-84ADD8 which was found in the same area. Inscribed on the surface are radiating lines marking the hours and the numbers running 6 5 4 3 2 1 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 which are the maximum span of hours when the sun can fall on a vertical south-facing plane. The daylight period is longer than this in the summer half of the year b…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: LON-3432AF
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone whittle tang knife handle dating from AD 1500-1600. The remaining knife consists of a sub-rectangular bone handle with decorative panels with plain borders on all remaining sides. The decoration within the panels resembles overlapping scales. Dimensions: length: 55.55mm; width: 7.89mm; thickness: 9.01mm; weight: 3.49g
Created on: Sunday 27th November 2022
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
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