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PURSE
Unique ID: SOMDOR-332234
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of copper alloy purse frame. The frame is curved with a U-shaped section. There is a pattern of incised double saltires (which probably had niello inlay) and engraved zigzags in the lozenge-shaped voids between them. There are circular attachment holes on the inner edge(one complete, one broken and one partial). Ward-Perkins (1940) type A1. Williams Class A1
Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval - c. 1440 - 1600
Dimensions: 81.83 mm x 7.10 mm x 5.51 mm. Weight:12.74mm
Class:
frame
Sub class: Williams Class A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1440
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 81.83 mm
Width: 7.1 mm
Thickness: 5.51 mm
Weight: 12.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st February 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Near Dorchester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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