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Roman bone working waste
Sheep scapula,snapped off at both ends. The centre of the blade retains a partly drilled disc, 25mm in diameter overlapping with a smaller disc 20mm diameter to one side. The larger disc has been cut by an implement with a cutting surface of 3mm to judge by the distance of the outer cut diameter to the 19mm of the intended disc. The surface of the larger disc has broken, revealing the cancellous tissue beneath. This was presumably the reason for the discarding of the scapula.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2007.34H/4.91
Find Information
Site Name: Caerwent Temple Site, Caerwent
Grid Reference: ST 467 907
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1984 - 1991
Measurements
length / mm:155
maximum width / mm:65
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:27
thickness / mm
weight / g:80.6
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