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Unidentified object
Unique ID: LON-3D35C5
Object type certainty: Certain
CURATOR'S REPORT
A silver object, undiagnostic and undateable.
Museum of London Conservation
The material tested negative for lead, positive for tin and silver, it is not common to get the two together.
Description
The find consists of a thick, flat, sub-triangular fragment, which has tested positive for silver and tin; length, 51 mm. One face bears shallow, circular hammer impressions.
It is undiagnostic and undatable, so does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008 T682
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 800
Date to: AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Length: 51.3 mm
Width: 49.83 mm
Thickness: 13.18 mm
Weight: 163.03 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East
County: Essex
District: Uttlesford
To be known as: Morden area
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th September 2008
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall
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Identified by: Mr Barry Ager - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2008T682
Treasure case number: 2008 T682
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Wednesday 19th November 2008
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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