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Roman bone pendant

Large wild boar's tusk with a neatly drilled hole towards the root. This suggests that the once formed part of a crecentic ornament composed of two tusks ubited by a metal sheath. Missing most of its surface enamel.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

23.292/5.14

Find Information

Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon

Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1920-1923

Notes: Bdg I 2 pit

Acquisition

donation, 10/10/1936

Measurements

length / mm:97 [broken]
width / mm:24
thickness / mm:12

Material

Tusk

Location

location verified by EMC

Categories

record verified by E.M. Chapman
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