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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-59D05E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete probable medieval strap-end made from two pieces of copper-alloy sheet riveted together. It is broadly a slender rectangle, with straight sides that taper mildly from the break at the top to the terminal at the bottom. There is a rust-stained iron rivet in-situ at the terminal and an incomplete and vacant rivet hole at the break. No decoration is visible on either face. Probably late 13th to 14th century.
Length: 26.7mm. Width: 8.3mm. Thickness: 2.0mm. Weight: 1g
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.7 mm
Width: 8.3 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd January 2019 - Wednesday 2nd January 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 9074
Other reference: INDBJ09012020AW
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Great Ellingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0097
Four figure Latitude: 52.53412851
Four figure longitude: 0.94734579
1:25K map: TM0097
1:10K map: TM09NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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