Record ID: SF-4F1974 - MEDIEVAL vessel

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VESSEL

Unique ID: SF-4F1974

Object type certainty: Certain

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An incomplete cast copper-alloy attachment loop from a drop handle of Medieval date. The upper half of the loop is missing due to old breaks. It was probaly oval shaped in form with an oval shaped aperture, is oval shaped in section with a transverse collar at the base. Beneath the collar is an integrally cast cylindrical rivet with flattened round head. The surfaces of the loops have extensive tool marks. It measures 13.40mm in surviving length, 14.71mm in surviving width, 8.99mm in thickness and 6.94g in weight. This is an incomplete attachment loop from a drop handle of later Medival date, c.14th-15th centuries AD, if not slightly later.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Length: 13.4 mm
Width: 14.71 mm
Thickness: 8.99 mm
Weight: 6.94 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: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: St Edmundsbury
To be known as: Ousden

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

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Andrew Brown - [view all attributed records]

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