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Roman bone working waste
Cow scapula left side, which has been used in the manufacture of counters or buttons: one is stillin situ having broken in cutting. Shows how the faces were dished before or during cutting. Each circle was cut from both sides using a centre bit with an extended centre point to assist in aligning the drill on each side. Condition: battered.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.22H/5.40
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1977
Notes: Code: 142a, Feature type: well, Date of context: phase 7B Hadrianic/Antonine late 3rd century
Measurements
length / mm:270(broken)
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