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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SF-52BB62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy rectangular unidentified object, perhaps a vessel handle, of Roman or later date.
It is D-shaped in section and curves towards one edge before terminating in old breaks. Both faces are undecorated.
This object measures 27.25mm in length, 12.04mm in width, 3.00mm in thickness, 5.40g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.25 mm
Width: 12.04 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 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: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Eye
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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