Record ID: NMS-8C60F8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone pin, bodkin or toilet article, probably Roman, perhaps post-medieval. Sub-oval sectioned shaft, straight-sided before tapering smoothly for just under half its length to a broken tip. The head, which is crudely finished, is formed from (from the shaft up) a bi-conical moulding, a flanged moulding, a thinned sub-rectangular panel tapering at the upper end before a thicker sub-triangular or shield-shaped panel (point upwards), terminating in a large circular loop. There are file marks over much of the shaft and head. Length 151mm. Maximum width 12mm. Maximum thickness 7mm. Th…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd October 2014
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