flesh-hook
- Museum number
- 1856,0701.2646
- Description
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Iron flesh-hook. Square-sectioned stem spirally twisted at one point and cut or broken at its lower end. The head has three hooked teeth, one formed from the tip of the stem, the others being the arms of a U-shaped bar welded to the main bar.
- Dimensions
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Length: 190 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Manning 1985
Although spiral twisting does occur on some Iron Age and medieval flesh-hooks of this type, the fact that these are almost certainly from London substantially reduces the possibility of their being pre-Roman and they are sufficiently similar to registration no. 1894,0515.1 for a Roman date to be probable, although not certain.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1856,0701.2646