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PURSE
Unique ID: FAKL-732269
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a late, or Post Medieval, cast copper alloy purse bar. The main section is cylindrical and decorated with crossing pairs of incised lines froming a lozenge pattern. On the end of the cylinder is a 4.4mm diameter projection, narrowing at the point where the two parts join. Beneath the cylinder is flat, web-like projection 3.9mm wide x 1.4mm thick. Through this is a 2.8mm diameter hole, one of a series by which the bag of the purse was attached. The fragment is truncated and appears to have been cut with a blow from a chisel. Length 38.8mm, Width 12.5mm, Thickness 7.4mm, Mass 10.52g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.8 mm
Width: 12.5 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 10.52 g
Diameter: 7.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 370
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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Elloughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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