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Early Medieval bone plaque
Bone plaque, ornamented with dot and circle and dot and double circle motifs, and has two perforations for fixing to some larger object, perhaps a wooden box.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/F.11
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 10, Cut VI, Layer 3B. Context C/D C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds. D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds.
Acquisition
donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:39
width / mm:47
thickness / mm:5
internal diameter / mm:5.5
diameter / mm
Techniques
Carved
Cut
Drilled
Material
Bone
Location
In store
Categories
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