SUSS-20ECA3: Bronze Age : Metal working debris

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METAL WORKING DEBRIS

Unique ID: SUSS-20ECA3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

A Late Bronze Age copper-alloy single feeder casting jet. It is 29.7mm long, 24.6mm wide and weighs 25.4g.

Notes:

Found by a detectorist in 1981. No further contextual information or details of the discovery are recorded. The collection was handed to an amateur archaeologist as the finder moved abroad.

Class: Single feeder casting jet

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.7 mm
Width: 24.6 mm
Weight: 25.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 7th February 1981

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Horsham (District)
To be known as: Storrington

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Primary finder is amateur archaeologist, secondary finder is original finder.
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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