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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SF-DDFBA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object of an uncertain date. The terminal is triangular in plan and section and probably zoomorphic in the form of a bird's beak. Emerging from the neck of the bird is is a flat broadly circular plate with central circular aperture. At the other end the piece terminates in an old, worn break.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.6 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 7.36 mm
Weight: 5.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2014 - Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Near Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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