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PURSE
Unique ID: SOMDOR-E2C846
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a cast copper alloy purse frame from a metal-framed purse of late medieval or early post medieval date. Both ends are broken. The object measures 105mm in length and is bent in the centre. It has a circular profile around 5mm in diameter. On the underside there are four regularly spaced attachment flanges, perforated for sewing to the fabric purse. Only one of these survives intact. The others are broken, leaving worn stubs. Just before the break at one end there is a grooved line around the bar and at the other end there are two, and an adjacent chevron on the upper side. A similar fragment can be seen in Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, pp. 128, 132, no. 917).. Williams Class C.
Class: Williams Class C
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1440
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 105 mm
Weight: 14.99 g
Diameter: 5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 17th November 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: Milverton area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | pp. 128, 132 | no. 917 | |
| Williams, D. | 2018 | Copper-alloy Purse Components: a new classification using finds from England and Wales recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme | London | Finds Research Group | 6 | fig. 13 |
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