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PURSE
Unique ID: SF-05BF26
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a copper alloy late Medieval purse frame. It is an incomplete narrow strip 69.79mm in length and 8.08mm wide, weighing 12.76g. It is folded, having an 'L' shaped profile. The bar is curved, towards each of its broken terminals, and has one small rivet hole close to the long edge on the narrower side. This side also has diagonal lines scored across it. The opposite, wider side has an inscription with large indented letters occupying the full width . The inscription reads: ( ) TOREN CELI ET
Class:
frame
Sub class: Williams Class A2
Inscription:
[...]TOREN CELI ET
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69.79 mm
Width: 8.08 mm
Weight: 12.76 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Mildenhall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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