Record ID: PUBLIC-A5C8D5
Object type: POINT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oblique-ended bone point, of an uncertain date. Similar items are known from Bronze Age to Medieval contexts. The bone has been worked to create a circular cross-section shaft that tapers gradually being cut into an oblique-ended point.The opposite end has been cut at straight angle, and there is some edge damage. Dimensions: length: 76.53mm; diameter: 11.41; weight: 6.42g.
Created on: Monday 1st July 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wandsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A49DB6
Object type: POINT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Prehistoric, probably Mesolithic - Neolithic bone point or awl. The bone has been carefully worked to create an D-shaped cross-section shaft that tapers gradually into a point. The shaft flattens from its mid-point towards the opposite end, which is now damaged. It appears that this end of the tool would have been rounded off, and not continued into another point (as encountered in Saxon double-ended points). The object has acquired a dark brown-black patina. The surface is covered by linear unidirectional striations and shelving-effect termination marks created by scrap…
Created on: Monday 1st July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wandsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-1E9BBB
Object type: DIE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ivory or bone die. The die is sub-square and each value is marked by a ring-and-dot design, which range from 1 to 6. Opposite sides add up to 7. This die is Potter variant 1 (Finds Research Group 700-1700, Datasheet 23, Dice by Geoff Egan). Dimensions: length: 17.78mm; width: 16.67mm; thickness: 15.42mm; weight: 8.90g A similar Roman die on the database is LON-24B3A6. Similar dice are illustrated in Crummy (1983, 96-97) which date to the Roman period and Egan et al (1998, 290-291 ref 953 and 954) which are dated to c. 1350 to 1450 AD. Therefore a wide cross peri…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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Record ID: LON-1E7D32
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman bone gaming counter dating from AD 50-410. The counter is decorated with seven shallow concentric rings on the upper surface, the reverse is blank. This decoration was possibly produced through turning on a lathe. The edges are bevelled outwards. Similar counters can be found in Crummy (1995: Nos. 2268-2277), and in MacGregor (1985: pg132-133). Kenyon type B.1, they seem to have been produced throughout the Roman period with little variation. Dimensions: diameter: 23.85mm; thickness: 4.81mm; weight: 3.73g Other gaming counters on the database are LON-CD5569 and …
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
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Record ID: LON-1E6840
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone gaming counter dating from AD 50-410. The counter is decorated with four shallow concentric rings on the upper surface, the reverse is blank. This decoration was possibly produced through turning on a lathe. The edges are bevelled outwards. Similar counters can be found in Crummy (1995: Nos. 2268-2277), and in MacGregor (1985: pg132-133). Kenyon type B.1, they seem to have been produced throughout the Roman period with little variation. Dimensions: diameter: 16.88mm; thickness: 2.12mm; weight: 0.75g Other gaming counters on the database are LON-CD5569 an…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 6th January 2020
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Record ID: LON-1E41BD
Object type: MARLIN SPIKE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval bone apple corer or fid, dating from 17th-18th century. The object is formed from a sheep's metapodial which has been carved using a saw. The proximal end of the bone has been sliced in half to form a scoop, leaving the hollow centre of the bone. Dimensions: length: 141.23mm; width: 26.55mm; thickness of scoop: 17.77mm; weight: 25.61g. Similar apple corers on the database are LON-67F623, LON-C676C1and LON-C66F63. A similar bone scoop is illustrated in MacGregor (1985:180 fig.97) with this discussion, "commonly executed with no more than a knife, con…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-633C2C
Object type: DIE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman to Post Medieval bone die. The die is of cuboid form and each value is marked by a ring-and-dot design, which range from 1 to 6. Opposite sides add up to 7. Tool marks from filing or cutting the die blank to size are apparent on each face. This die is a Potter variant 9 (Finds Research Group 700-1700, Datasheet 23, Dice by Geoff Egan). Other examples are recorded on the database at: LON-C1D9E9 and LON-0DF491. Similar dice are illustrated in Crummy (1983, 96-97) which date to the Roman period and Egan et al (1998, 290-291 ref 953 and 954) which are dated to c. 1350 to 1450 AD. …
Created on: Sunday 16th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 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: SWYOR-682884
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Post Medieval scale tang knife probably dating from AD 1500 - 1700. There are two bone plates, each of D shaped cross section, flanking the iron scale tang of the knife and attached with iron rivets. The handle tapers towards the shoulder. The bone is faintly decorated with parallel lines along the centre of each plate, defining a plain centre band, with traces of cross hatched lattice on each side. The length is 91.8mm, width is 20.5, thickness is 16.6 and the weight is 39.1g. Compare LON-F004E6 which records that: "MacGregor (1985, 170) notes that such cross-hatching de…
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-52A7FA
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 50 - AD 250. This is a Greep type A2.2 and Crummy type 2. The hair pin consists of a straight tapering shaft, with two well defined grooves cut around the top of the shaft forming a collar, all beneath a small conical head. The point of the shaft is broken and now missing. Dimensions: length: 46.74mm; diameter of shaft: 3.85mm; diameter of head: 3.68mm; weight: 0.85g Greep (1983: page 335) writes referring to type A2.1 and A2.2 hairpins: "Both were present from the first century although their t.p.q. is imprecise, Crummy suggest…
Created on: Monday 3rd June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-ED0498
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 150 - 400. This is a Greep type B1.1 and Crummy type 3 with head shape variety "A". The head is globular with a small flat area on the very top. The pin shaft tapers to join the head and bulges outwards as it moves away and then tapers again towards a point, which is broken and now missing. Dimensions: length: 58.61mm; diameter of shaft: 4.05mm; diameter of head: 5.99mm; weight: 1.32g Greep (1983:350) writes "Whilst the overwhelming majority of these forms belong to the third and fourth centuries, Crummy's (1979, 161) date of c.…
Created on: Sunday 5th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EC7815
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman bone gaming counter, probably dating 2nd - 4th century AD. This is a Crummy type 1 counter (Kenyon type A). It is round, lathe turned and with bevelled edge. The upper surface is countersunk and has a flat lower surface. There is a central perforation on the top side, a remnant from the lathe. A similar example can be found in Crummy (1995, 92, nos. 2256), from an archaeological context dating circa AD 150 - AD 250, though they can be found throughout the Roman period with little variation. Dimensions: diameter: 19.17 mm; thickness: 2.95 mm; weight: 1.36 g. Crummy, N. 1995. …
Created on: Sunday 5th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C9A904
Object type: DIE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman to Post Medieval cuboid bone die with irregular size faces (2 and 4 smaller than the rest), facetted edges and rounded corners. The die was manufactured by cutting a section from the shaft of a long-bone and stopping up the medullary cavity with two bone plugs to face 4 (still in situ) and face 3 (lost in antiquity). The numbers are in negative relief and indicated by double ring and dot marks, positioned in a regular layout, so the opposite sides add up to 7, and in an arrangement known as Potter's variant 1. MacGregor (1985: pg130-131) notes: "The dice in use …
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-64385D
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman bone gaming counter, probably dating 2nd - 4th century AD. This is a Crummy type 1 counter (Kenyon type A). It is round, lathe turned and with a bevelled edge. The upper surface is countersunk and has a flat lower surface. There is a central perforation on the top side, a remnant from the lathe. A similar example can be found in Crummy (1995, 92, nos. 2256), from an archaeological context dating circa AD 150 - AD 250, though they can be found throughout the Roman period with little variation. Dimensions: diameter: 21.74 mm; thickness: 3.87 mm; weight: 2.5 g. Crummy, N…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
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Record ID: LIN-A21863
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete bone spindle whorl or gaming piece, dating to the early medieval period c.AD 600-800. The circular whorl is bi-convex in profile, 39.18 mm in diameter, 15.84 mm thick and with a circular central perforation that is 7.21 mm in diameter and weighs 14.49g. The upper surface is worn, with traces of circumferential incised rings around the central perforation. The underside is worn with traces of five circumferential incised rings.The surface takes a light-brown colour. Fibres were spun into thread using a drop-spindle made of bone, ceramic or stone 'whorls' which acted as …
Created on: Sunday 7th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Carlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9D24C2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Bone spindle whorl or gaming piece, dating to the early medieval period c.AD 600-800. The circular whorl is bi-convex in profile, 35.38 mm in diameter, 13.53 mm thick and with a circular central perforation that is 8.14 mm in diameter and weighs 11.82g. The smooth upper surface is decorated with five sub-circular incised rings around the central perforation. Outside the central perforation, there are three small indentations - which could represent damage made in antiquity. The underside is undecorated and consists of the coarser, inner part of the bone with many cut ends o…
Created on: Sunday 7th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Carlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-6AFB6D
Object type: AWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Viking antler handle from an awl, dating to the ninth or tenth century AD. The handle is made from a piece of antler tine and is neatly cut flat at both ends. The tine is sub-circular in section and tapers from end to end. The centre of the antler is hollow. Both ends have been carefully modified in order to allow an awl (now missing) to be inserted. The modification comprises a deeply cut, v-shaped notch, which at its deepest cuts into the hollow centre. A series of cut marks shows that the notches were cut in stages. The exterior of the tine is smooth, having a 'polished' appea…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: LIN-6AA5DE
Object type: AWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Viking antler handle from an awl, dating to the ninth or tenth century AD. The handle is made from a piece of antler tine and is neatly cut flat at both ends. The tine is sub-circular in section and tapers from end to end. The centre of the antler is hollow. Both ends have been carefully modified in order to allow an awl (now missing) to be inserted. The modification comprises a deeply cut, v-shaped notch, which at its deepest cuts into the hollow centre. A series of cut marks shows that the notches were cut in stages. The notch at the larger end of the time is damaged. The exte…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: DENO-3FA31A
Object type: AWL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete bone implement of unknown age and function. The object consists of the lower limb bone of a mammal (perhaps a vestigial equid finger) which has been worked into a tapering point with a roughly triangular cross section. The wider end of the bone is smooth and worn, perhaps from usage as an awl. The tip is broken off. The bone implement is smooth and shiny in places, suggesting some age, but closer dating is difficult. It has darker areas of discolouration, probably through contact with the soil. The object measures 101.9mm in length and is 22.8mm at its maximum across the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-1899E9
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone knife handle; a single scale from a scale tang knife of probable Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1700. The scale is plain. It is sub-rectangular, slightly wider at one end and with the wider end rounded, but this may be post-depositional damage. It is D shaped in cross-section, the flat side displaying tool marks where it was sawn. There are four solid iron rivets surviving along the centre of the handle, fairly evenly spaced. Length 103.47mm, width 21.60mm, thickness 5.81mm, weight 15.87g. Cowgill et al (1987) note that no scale tang knives were found in London earlier …
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
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