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RAPIER
Unique ID: SF2947
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Post 1200 BC
Date to: Ante 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 116.2 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 54.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK LAKENHEATH
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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