Beaker
A black coarse ware cup or urn of the late Iron Age found in the river Thames at Mortlake. It has a globular body with a pedestal foot and a wide rim. Part of the upper body, neck and rim is broken.
Bone Comb
Two fragments of a double-sided, bone comb with central strengthening plates fastened with iron rivets.
6th Century A.D.
129mm long x 43mm wide
1922/23 excavations (Grave 152)
Bone Netting Needle
The netting needle has the remains of a threading eye at the base and a pair of notches above for fixing the twine. This was found in a female burial.
6th Century A.D.
160mm long
1922/23 excavations ...
Bottle
A Roman greyware bottle from Lombard Street, London, dating from the Second Century. The bottle has a globular shaped body with a rimmed spout and one handle. It is made of a dark grey fabric and is complete ...
Bowl
Predynastic Egyptian bowl, from Nubia, with a rounded base that has a hole and gently curving sides, 3050 BC. The vessel is made from a red ceramic and the upper one centimetre and interior are blackened ...
Bronze Coin
Bronze coin found at Tysoe Diameter 22mm The obverse features the bust of a man. The reverse features two standing figures.
Building Fragment
This fragment of wood is from St Sepulchre's Priory, Warwick. The priory was established in 1124.
Bullet Mould
This bullet mould is made of lead, with five holes for casting bullets. The date 1744, engraved on two sides of the mould, is probably the year that it was produced. The bullet mould was found in 1899 ...
Butter Pot
A very early example of an earthenware butter pot from Finsbury. It is a narrow vessel almost straight from base to rim. The pot is of a red-brown colour with a yellow-green glaze on the rim and interior. ...
Coin
Roman bronze coin, c.268-273 Diameter 11mm This coin was found at Milverton Station, Milverton in 1885. The obverse features the radiate bust of Victorinus (268-270) facing right. The reverse features ...
Coin
Coin of the Gallic Empire c.268-271 Diameter 18mm
This coin was found at Milverton Station, Milverton in 1885. The obverse features the bust of Victorinus (268-270) facing right. The reverse features ...
Dish
A Roman dish excavated from London Wall in 1910. An open bowl on a short pedestal foot, made of burnished black fabric.
Drain Pipe
This drain pipe is thought to be Roman. It is made of fired orange clay, and was excavated at Lillington. The pipe tapers at one end, and so it may have formed part of a down-pipe from a roof.
Feeding Pot
A Roman tetina feeding pot (also possibly used as a lamp filler) excavated at Smithfield, London. The pot has a globular body with a narrow lipped neck and a small spout on the shoulder of the vessel....
Grave Goods
The grave goods from a female burial.
From left to right:
An iron knife with an bronze ferrule (strengthening ring) between the blade and the tang (point) that was inserted into the handle. 95mm ...
Ikon
This ikon was found in a graveyard in Kapaselga, Russia. The ikon features the three hierarchs: St Gregory the theologian, St John and St Basil the Great, and cyrillic text. The ikon was originally part ...
Imitation Roman Antoninianus
Antoninianus, c.270-273AD Diameter 12mm This coin was found at Chesterton Camp in Warwickshire. The obverse features a radiate bust of the Emperor Tetricus facing right. The reverse features a standing ...
Imitation Roman Antoninianus
Antoninianus, 270-273AD Diameter 18mm This coin was found at Chesterton Camp in Warwickshire. The obverse features radiate bust of Tetricus facing right. The reverse features an ewer, ladle, sacrificial ...