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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-916204
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy object of Roman date. Only the terminal survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It has a circular central section. Extending from the top are two decreasing in size globular knops, terminating in old breaks. At the base is an integral flat circular attachment plate. Projecting from this is the remains of a rectangular iron object, possibly a rivet.
This mount measures 15.36mm in length, 9.35mm in diameter in the centre 7.50mm in diameter at the base, 3.56g in weight.
Items similar to this piece have been found on Roman sites, for example (Crummy; 1983, p. 167; no. 4656), where they have been interpreted as handles and recorded on the PAS database (BH-879905).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.36 mm
Weight: 3.56 g
Diameter: 9.35 mm
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.
References cited
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