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PURSE
Unique ID: NCL-B855C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy fragment of a purse bar belonging to Ward-Perkins Class A2. They are normally inscribed. The inscription may be worn away in this example although there do appear to be faint traces in the photo. It is rectangular in plan and section. The underside has two semicircular protrusions with circular perforations. The end of the arm has thicker moulding and the base of another loop or suspension fitting.
Class: BAR
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69.47 mm
Width: 14.03 mm
Thickness: 3.64 mm
Weight: 16.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2007 - Monday 1st September 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bone Field
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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1 comment
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David Williams wrote @ 21:07:39 on the 14th March 2011.
This is a fragment of a purse bar belonging to Ward-Perkins Class A2. They are normally inscribed. The inscription may be worn away in this example although there do appear to be faint traces in the photo.
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