Hinge
- Description
- Hinges like this were used on cupboard doors and chest lids. This one is made from a cow’s leg bone.
- Accession Loan No.
- 855/1989/6
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Common Name
- hinge
- Simple Name
- hinge
- Dimensions
- whole length 43 mm; whole diameter 19 mm
- Cultural Group
- Roman
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 175
- Production Year High
- 225
- Family Group
- Material
- bone (animal)
- Collector / Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Collection Site Name
- Mermaid Yard
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
