Bone Parchment Pricker
Item
- Title
- Bone Parchment Pricker
- Coverage
- Medieval
- Late 14th - 15th century
- Medium
- Bone
- Subject
- Parchment Pricker
- On Display At
-
DIG: An Archaeological Adventure
- Description
- Made from strip of longbone, with circular head of bi-convex section, with a triple-ringed collar below. The shaft is of circular section, and swells and then tapers to a double ringed collar. Below this the shaft is straight to the tip which is cut square and holds the remains of an iron point. The stem is decorated all over with transverse incised rings.
- Is Referenced By
-
Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn from Anglo--Scandinavian and Medieval York
- Catalogue Number
- 8158
- Type
- Physical Object
- Identifier
- SC1986-9_SF3813
- Publisher
- York Archaeology
- Date Available
- 28th May 2025
- Image Rights
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Contributor
- Anya Nall
- Annabel Cooper
- Anna Cleverly
- Item sets
- DIG
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