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ear cleaner

USE ear scoop

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ear guard

USE helmet

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ear muff
A pad of cloth or fur for keeping the ears warm.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT headwear

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ear pick

USE ear scoop

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ear ring
An ornament for the ear, usually clipped to the lobe or fastened through a hole pierced in the lobe.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT head ornament

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ear scoop
A thin scoop used for cleaning the ear.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT washing and cleansing item

UF ear cleaner
UF ear pick
UF ear spoon

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ear spoon

USE ear scoop

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earguard

USE helmet

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CLASS - ECOFACTS
Animal, vegetable and mineral remains including edible materials, drink or residues and unworked imported objects which have been retrieved from archaeological contexts. Also soil samples taken for environmental analysis.

NT animal remains
NT geological sample
NT plant remains
NT sample

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<edge blown wind instrument>
An instrument where the note is made by air being blown over an edge.

CL music
BT wind instrument
NT flute
NT organ
NT pan pipe
NT whistle

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<edged weapon>
A weapon with a sharp edge or point.

RT arms holder
RT scabbard

CL armour and weapons
BT weapon
NT battleaxe
NT bayonet
NT dagger
NT staff weapon
NT sword
NT throwing axe

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eel fork

USE eel spear

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eel spear
A two pronged spear for catching eels.

CL agriculture and subsistence
BT fishing object

UF eel fork

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effigy
A sculpture on top of a tomb etc.

CL religion or ritual
BT death burial or funerary object
BT religious structural object

UF memorial effigy

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egg shell
Use for the remains of an egg whether from a bird, reptile or amphibian.

CL ecofacts
BT animal remains

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emblem

USE insignia

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embossing stamp
A stamp used to emboss paper.

CL tools and equipment
BT marking tool

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end scraper
A flint blade with retouch on one or both ends.

CL tools and equipment
BT scraper (tool)

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end winged axehead

USE winged axehead

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engraving tool
A tool used to incise or ipress images.

CL tools and equipment
BT marking equipment

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entrenching tool
A small tool with a shovel blade and a pick blade set at right angles to the handle.

CL tools and equipment
BT digging equipment

UF trenching tool

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epaulette
An ornamental shoulder piece, usually a badge of military office.

CL signs or symbols
BT personal symbol

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epicranitis

USE moulding

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escutcheon
This appears on a number of objects, use appropriate term eg, bucket, keyhole, hanging bowl etc.

USE bucket
USE hanging bowl
USE keyhole fitting

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etching tool
A tool used in etching which is the use of acid to breakdown parts of a metal plate in order to create an image.

CL tools and equipment
BT marking equipment

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<eucharist object>
An object used in the Eucharist.

CL religion or ritual
NT chalice
NT ciborium
NT cruet (religious)
NT eucharist spoon
NT paten

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eucharist spoon
A spoon used to dispense communion wine.

CL religion or ritual
BT eucharist object

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ewer
A large jug or pitcher with a wide mouth.

CL container
BT container <by form>
BT food and liquid storage container

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<explosive weapon>
A weapon which causes damage through exploding.

CL armour and weapons
BT weapon
NT grenade

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eye bath
A small shaped container designed to bathe the eye.

CL medicine and pharmacy

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eye shade
A piece of strengthened material worn projecting over the forehead and eyes to provide shade for the eyes.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT headwear

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eyelet
A small hole for a lace, cord or hook to be passed through.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT clothing fastening

UF lacing ring

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