SUR-CB011B: Medieval: Possible casket mount

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CASKET

Unique ID: SUR-CB011B

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An asymmetric cast copper alloy object, possibly a casket fitting. The fitting has what may be a zoomorphic terminal which emerges from a narrow waist and has raised ears. The strip-form body has a square rivet hole and there may a second rivet hole at the broken end. The fitting is 5.73mm wide at the break.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 55.59 mm
Width: 12.43 mm
Thickness: 3.93 mm
Weight: 4.23 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: B14-509

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Nuffield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6687
Four figure Latitude: 51.57800863
Four figure longitude: -1.04895196
1:25K map: SU6687
1:10K map: SU68NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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