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Roman large bale needle and 2m of thread shepton mallet
Roman large bale needle and 2m of thread shepton mallet
Roman large bale needle and 2m of thread shepton mallet
Roman large bale needle and 2m of thread shepton mallet
Roman large bale needle and 2m of thread shepton mallet
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Roman large bale needle and 2m of thread shepton mallet
Roman large bale needle and 2m of thread shepton mallet

Roman large bale needle and 2m of thread shepton mallet

a hand forged 6mm diameter and 180mm long  bale needle (presumed, but may also be for leather working?), waisted eye being unusual in that it is at the point end (easier to hold the body in the hand and force it through the material), ground tip and supplied with 2m of 1mm polished linen thread. based on the find from the Romano-British roadside settlement at Shepton Mallet 3-5thc fig 71/5, 3056 area IV (Leach with Evans 1990). made in Sheffield England by Daegrad Tools