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Title: id please is this part of a sword? Post by: ROMAN STEVE on August 15, 2010, 07:57:36 PM recently found a new farm when speaking to the farmer he said a few yrs ago a roman sword was found on the side of the river bank on his farm by 2 walkers he didnt know what to do with it so donated it to the museum the fragment i found today is bronze alloy looks like it would have been pointed at end if you look at broken end you can see shape on it looks like its oval the other item id like id on is approx 1" long grove around centre and a hole in the top i dont think its a spindle
Title: Re: id please is this part of a sword? Post by: handyman [Alan} on August 15, 2010, 08:03:40 PM the last piccy could be a loom weight, or spindle whorl. [i just had something similar returned from our FLO last week]. please record it with your FLO.
Title: Re: id please is this part of a sword? Post by: The Doc on August 15, 2010, 08:42:29 PM It's always hard to ID a 3-D object from pics, but the first one looks like a pot leg to me.
Title: Re: id please is this part of a sword? Post by: Peter Reavill - FLO on August 17, 2010, 08:56:58 AM Just had a look - agree that it is difficult with these things - the lentoid cross section would suggest that it is a skillet handle rather than pot leg
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