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Class
- Household and Utility
Material
- Bone and Ivory

DefinitionNeedle fragment
MaterialBone
Dimensionsl. 6.4 cm, w. 6 mm and th. 2 mm, then diam. 6 to 4.5 mm. Piercing, diam. 2 mm.
DescriptionFragment of a bone needle. It is broken across the head of the needle and preserves the lower half of the eye.
State of ConservationBroken at both ends. Some finish extant.
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Area
- Area D (Barracks)

Context VM_5001
- Definitiondeposit churned by modern plowing beneath 5000

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Author of Record
- Ryan Ricciardi

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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