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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SUR-0EF0D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy object, probably of medieval date, comprising a slender round-backed central portion with a hollow lower side and which is pierced centrally with a round hole. From one end projects a slender animal head; the opposite end appears to be truncated. One or two patches of red material appear to be present around the head and perhaps on the hollow side, but it is unclear if any of this is enamel as first thought.
Elements of this object are reminiscent of the feet of folding candlesticks (eg the animal head on objects such as LIN-91AC94) and it may be part of a similar folding device.
Compare similar dragon-shaped objects such as YORYM-8F3F67.
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 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.89 mm
Width: 9.99 mm
Weight: 4.03 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B14-275
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stanford Dingley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5772
Four figure Latitude: 51.44413093
Four figure longitude: -1.18123543
1:25K map: SU5772
1:10K map: SU57SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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