Small Find:
3165
From context: 3396
Bone hinge
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Small Find:
3165 Bone hinge |
Most
of the animal bone recovered from site represents food waste. Some bones
were, however, carved into objects such as bone hairpins. This fragment
appears to be derived from a leg bone which is decorated with simple lines
and has two holes. It is probably a hinge from a large wooden box. |
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The
illustration above shows a similar hinge excavated from another Roman
site. Multiple hinges would be joined together with wood and small wooden
projections would jut out through the holes. The illustration on the left
shows more clearly exactly how they would have been put to use. (Both
illustrations from McWhirr 1988, 58) |