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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF-B9D438
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy possible strap fitting of Roman date. Only part of the loop and the shaft survive, the remainder of object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
The remains of the loop is curvilinear, D-shaped in section with a flat back and rounded front face. At the top of the loop is a circular shaft decorated with two circumferential grooves before terminating in old breaks.
The loop measures 23.30mm in length, 11.00mm in width, 7.24mm in thickness, 10.56mm in diameter at the shaft, 14.27g in weight.
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: 23.3 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 7.24 mm
Weight: 14.27 g
Diameter: 10.56 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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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: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ousden
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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