Fragment of decorated bone gaming piece

Details

• Title

  Fragment of decorated bone gaming piece

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Vale of the White Horse › North Hinksey parish › Minster Ditch (find spot)

• Date

  Late Anglo-Saxon Period (Britain) (AD 850 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  bone

• Material index

  organic › animal › bone

• Object type

  games/sporting equipment › game › game-piece › gaming-piece

• Dimensions

  4.5 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased from C J Manning in 1921, from the collection of Mr Percy Manning.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1921.106

Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more