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.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"SF-4F1974","id":"487888","objecttype":"VESSEL","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-02-10 10:29:43","broadperiod":"MEDIEVAL","updated":"2012-02-10 10:38:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4F34F1970018D2","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2011-10-01","datefound2":null,"createdBy":"773","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"487888","old_findID":"SF-4F1974","uniqueID":"PAS4F34F1970018D2","objecttype":"VESSEL","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":"13.4","height":null,"width":"14.71","thickness":"8.99","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"MEDIEVAL","numdate1":"1300","numdate2":"1500","description":"
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.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-02-10 10:29:43","updated":"2012-02-10 10:38:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2011-10-01","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":null,"username":"abrown","fullname":"Andrew Brown","institution":"SF","usernameUpdate":"abrown","fullnameUpdate":"Andrew Brown","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Incomplete","preservation":null,"cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"MEDIEVAL","periodTo":"MEDIEVAL","culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Dr Andrew Brown","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Dr Andrew Brown","county":"SUFFOLK","parish":null,"district":"ST EDMUNDSBURY","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":null,"map25k":"TL7459","map10k":"TL75NW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":"Ousden","source":null,"obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":null,"f":null,"imagedir":null}]}