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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: SF-2A64F7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of cast copper-alloy metalworking debris. It has an irregular flattened base with oval shaped projection at the centre and globular projection at one end. Traces of diagonal striations on one of the upper surfaces may indicate this is an object that has been melted down for re-use at a later date, although if this is indeed the case precisely what this may originally have been remains uncertain. It measures 31.63mm in length, 20.49mm in width, 10.50mm in thickness and 13.21g in weight. This fragment of copper-alloy waste may be of any date from the Bronze Age onwards, althought its appearance and striations might indicate a relatively late date in the Post-Medieval or later periods.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Dimensions and weight
Length: 31.63 mm
Width: 20.49 mm
Thickness: 10.5 mm
Weight: 13.21 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: St Edmundsbury
To be known as: Lidgate
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown
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Identified by: Dr Andrew Brown - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Wednesday 8th February 2012
Updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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