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PURSE
Unique ID: NLM6151
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Almost complete purse-bar, swivel box with silver inlaid cross hatching.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.
Class:
bar and loop
Sub class: Williams Class A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.2 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 11.1 mm
Weight: 62.56 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM3547
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: HUMBERSIDE CADNEY
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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