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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: NLM-E38E91
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy possible sword hanger fragment. Cast bar of round section which tapers slightly from its broken hollow end which passes through a separate collar of diameter 10.2mm, towards an elongated and facetted terminal surmounting its hooked end. The facets of the terminal bear file marks from finishing. A more prosaic and recent identification, as kindly offered by the finder, might be a coat hook, though traces of finishing on the facetted terminal would not survive the wear to be expected from long use. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, possibly 1500-1650,
Length (as found): 70.4mm, Diameter (bar): 6.9mm, Weight: 21.88gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.4 mm
Weight: 21.88 g
Diameter: 6.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26495a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9114
Four figure Latitude: 53.61465305
Four figure longitude: -0.62588526
1:25K map: SE9114
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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