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Class
- Household and Utility
Material
- Bone and Ivory

DefinitionNeedle
MaterialBone
DimensionsL. 10.6 cm, shaft diam. 5.5 to 3.5 mm. Eye segment, l. 25 mm x w. 8 mm x th. 2.5 mm.
DescriptionBig bone needle with three holes at the head. “Figure Eight” eye. A long rectangular slot 9 cm. long and 3 mm. wide between two circular piercings of 3 mm diam. This is perhaps a weaving needle.
State of ConservationTip broken, but overall good condition.
ComparandaFama 1985, 71, pl. 18-6; Simpson 1994, pl. 18, 142.

Record Details

Area
- Area D (Barracks)

Context VM_5201
- DefinitionDistruzione dell'USM 5200

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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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