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FIGURINE
Unique ID: ESS-4FA165
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval damaged and incomplete cast copper alloy figurine with traces of gilding. Only the neck and head survive.The face os oval with two raised ovals for eyes. The nose is an elongated triangle and appears to be worn. The cheek bones are defined. The mouth is formed of a straight line, which is slightly depressed. He has a moustache and beard, depicted by raised transverse lines on his chin and lower cheek. The hair is wavey, and at least shoulder length (where the break is), and is depicted by nine wide vertical ridges, all of which are covered in smaller transverse lines. The break across the neck is irregular.
It is 21.79mm long, 15.17mm wide, 14.65mm thick and weighs 17.4 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.79 mm
Width: 15.17 mm
Thickness: 14.65 mm
Weight: 17.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 3rd February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Colchester OEF 6911
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Fordham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9228
Four figure Latitude: 51.917417
Four figure longitude: 0.790413
1:25K map: TL9228
1:10K map: TL92NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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