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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SF3598
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Unidentified object made from copper alloy and iron. It is flattish and consists of a disc with a long pointed projection. The disc is 16 mm in diameter and mainly composed of iron, with a depression in the centre which may once have been a perforation. Around the edge of the disc, at least on one face, is a short length of copper alloy which curves around and then projects out to end in what may be a relief animal head. The poor condition of the object means that it is hard to decide even if the animal head is in profile or full-face; it is just possible that it has been subjected to distorting heat. Overall length 27 mm.
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 16 mm
Weight: 4.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK ELMSWELL
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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