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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-C31D3D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy rectangular box mount of Medieval date. It is missing part of both terminals due to old breaks, now worn.
It is D-shaped in section and undecorated. One terminal is an expanded flattened rectangular transverse collar with the remains of a central circular rivet hole. The other terminal is flattened before terminating in old breaks.
This box mount measures 79.28mm in length, 15.92mm in width, 4.86mm in thickness, 19.94g in weight.
There is a similar example from London (Egan, 1998, p. 74, no. 160).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 79.28 mm
Width: 15.92 mm
Thickness: 4.86 mm
Weight: 18.94 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 10 metre square.
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