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BODKIN
Unique ID: NLM-5C3991
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver bodkin fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast rectangular-section pin fragment, broken across a longitudinal slot at one end, and also broken at the other end. Worn traces of finely incised diagonal lines appear on one side. Bent twice. These objects were used as hair or head-dress pins. In view of its material and date this object is to be submitted to the Treasure process, Ref. 2022 T762. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Length: 37.1mm, Width: 3.2mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 1.81gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2022T762
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.1 mm
Width: 3.2 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2022
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM50280
Treasure case number: 2022T762
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Ryther
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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