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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: SF-8E94D7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy book clasp of Post-Medieval date. Only part of the plate and the hook survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat with a 5mm long hook projecting from one end. In the centre is a circular rivet hole. The front face is decorated towards the hook with a series of diagonal grooves. These terminate at the rivet hole and from there to the attachment end it is decorated with a series of longitudinal grooves before terminating in old breaks. The back face is undecorated.
This book fitting measures 21.65mm in length, 9.94mm in width, 1.05mm in thickness, 0.88g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.65 mm
Width: 9.94 mm
Thickness: 1.05 mm
Weight: 0.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Haughley
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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