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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF-C102B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy rectangular possible strap fitting of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. Only part of one end survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is a flat and undecorated with a central circular aperture. The corners of one outer edge have been removed to form a trapezoidal profile. The other outer edge terminates in old breaks.
This strap fitting measures 19.84mm in length, 24.84mm in width, 0.90mm in thickness, 2.39g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.84 mm
Width: 24.84 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 2.39 g
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: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Framlingham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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