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Roman bone pin
Onion-shaped polished bone pin-head with two lathe-turned lines around the tip. At the base a separate antler shank has been inserted. It has been suggested that a similar head from the Broch of Burrian was intended to take a metal shank (MacGregor 1975, 71, No 111) but there is no indication that the shank in question is a replacement. Condition: shank broken off.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.22H/5.22
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978
Notes: Code: 2039, Feature type: burnt clay and charcoal, Date of context: phase 5A Flavian/Trajanic
Measurements
diameter / mm:c. 15 (head)
length / mm:24 (broken)
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