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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: BH-9AC6BC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A undated length of gold wire, bent into an irregular shape. The section of this wire varies between subrectangular and circular. One of the ends displays a definite cut surface.
Length: 62.2mm; diameter of wire: 4.2mm. Weight: 29.67g.
This piece was viewed by several British Museum curators, who deemed its form to be undiagnostic. It was not reported as an item of potential treasure.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.2 mm
Width: 4.2 mm
Weight: 29.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/98 - 6
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Shipton-on-Cherwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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