- Object name(s):
- Nottingham and Notts.; decorated bone fragments<4
- Brief description:
- Decorated with concentric circles on upper surface. Flat strips decorated with compass-scribed dot and circle ornament, probably decorative strips from a box. Small wooden caskets decorated with plates of bone or antler are current from the late Roman to early medieval period. There are similar C12th examples from Goltho, Lincolnshire, Ludgershall Castle, Wiltshire and Exeter. Context: early to mid C13th cess pit. Illustrated in C. Drage "Nottingham Castle" Thoroton Society Transactions p115 fig 29 No.1- Animal bone.
- Collection:
- Nottingham Museums
- Acquisition date:
- 25.09.1986
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Acquisition source:
- Nottingham City Council
- Associated concept:
- archaeology Nottingham
- Associated concept:
- English
- Dimension:
- 52 x 12mm (largest piece)
- Field collection place:
- Nottingham Castle (NC80 ASC), Nottingham Area VII
- Material:
- bone
- Object name:
- Nottingham and Notts.; decorated bone fragments<4
- Object number:
- NCM 1986-1233/248
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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