[Regia-NA] FW: Portable Antiquities Scheme Announcements

[Nicholson, Andrew]

The first may be out of period, but is so nice its worth a look at =
anyway
:).

The second is the gateway to a very useful resource.

Gu=F0rum

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Pett [mailto:dpett@BRITISH-MUSEUM.AC.UK]
Sent: 30 September 2003 14:43
To: BRITARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Portable Antiquities Scheme Announcements


Dear all
The Portable Antiquities Scheme is pleased to announce two items today.
Firstly, the discovery of the Staffordshire Moorlands Cup. Details of =
which
can be obtained from:
http://www.finds.org.uk/news/newsarticle.asp?id=3D155
Secondly, the new database, developed by Oxford ArchDigital, has gone =
live
to the public. This currently contains 53000 records and 9600 images of
objects recorded by the scheme. Further details on the database can be
viewed at: http://www.finds.org.uk/news/newsarticle.asp?id=3D156
To browse the new database, you will need to log on to
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk. Feedback is most welcome at
info@finds.org.uk?subject=3DNew database feedback
These announcements were made at a press conference, this morning at =
the
Institute of Archaeology, London.

Many regards

Dan Pett
Portable Antiquities Scheme ICT Officer.

Links
http://www.finds.org.uk
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk
http://www.oxarchdigital.com