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Object Number 987-22-10/111835
Display Title Wire nails and nail fragments
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wire nails and nail fragments
Classification
  • Nail
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite H75-2
Materials Ferrous metal
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 6.2 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm (2 7/16 × 1/4 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 9

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Iron nails and fragments, mostly wire nails; steel wire nails; iron loop; U-shaped iron object
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Hardware
Nail
Harvard Yard
Cut/wrought and wire iron nails and nail fragments; one steel wire nail; one iron screw
2008.22.244 Cut/wrought and wire iron nails and nail fragments; one steel wire nail; one iron screw
Screw
Nail
Harvard Yard
Ferrous metal nail fragments, 4 intact cut nails, 1 intact wire nail
992-9-10/102623 Ferrous metal nail fragments, 4 intact cut nails, 1 intact wire nail
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Harvard Yard
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992-9-10/103470 Ferrous metal fragments, 2 wire cut nails, 2 likely square cut nails
Unidentified
Nail
Harvard Yard
Ferrous metal, nail fragments with some wire and cut nails
2007.20.2142 Ferrous metal, nail fragments with some wire and cut nails
Nail
Harvard Yard
Nails and metal fragments, including at least one wire nail
2009.9.4943 Nails and metal fragments, including at least one wire nail
Nail
Harvard Yard
Image Not Available for Metal, iron hardware, buckle, wire nails and nail fragments
2003.1.2374 Metal, iron hardware, buckle, wire nails and nail fragments
Nail
North America
Image Not Available for Metal, iron wire and cut nails and nail fragments, 1 buckle, corroded
2003.1.2357 Metal, iron wire and cut nails and nail fragments, 1 buckle, corroded
Nail
North America
Nails and nail fragments, including one machine-cut wire nail
2011.14.2703 Nails and nail fragments, including one machine-cut wire nail
Nail
Harvard Yard
Oxidized nails and nail fragments, including one possible wire fragment
2014.14.1223 Oxidized nails and nail fragments, including one possible wire fragment
Nail
Harvard Yard
Ferrous metal, hardware, nails, fragments; Ferrous metal, composite objects, stones adhered to nails; Ferrous metal, composite object, brick adhered to nails
2018.24.958 Ferrous metal, hardware, nails, fragments; Ferrous metal, composite objects, stones adhered to nails; Ferrous metal, composite object, brick adhered to nails
Nail
Stone
Unidentified
Brick
Harvard Yard
Nails, cut nails and nail fragments
987-22-10/111940 Nails, cut nails and nail fragments
Nail
Harvard Yard