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CASKET

Unique ID: SF-C6FC63

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy moulded terminal from chest or casket handle of medieval date.It is 16mm wide and 10mm in length. Hollow cylinder in shape with central perforation narrowing towards the shorter outer edge, where there is triangular grooved decoration on both sides. Possibly zoomorpic decoration, with one narrower groove and one wider, lentoid shaped decorative indentation on both sides of the terminal. A similar complete example has been found, see Read, 1995, p87, obj no. 532.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 10 mm
Width: 16 mm
Weight: 9.36 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
To be known as: Henstead with Hulver Street

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	1988	History Beneath Our Feet (1988)	Braunton	Merlin	87, fig 532

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Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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