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INGOT

Unique ID: SF4733

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Fragment of copper-alloy plate, dark grey-green patina with slight traces of bronze disease. One edge is unbroken, and a rounded U shape in section. The edge runs fairly straight for about 25 mm and then curves round. Both faces are flat and undecorated. The dimensions of the fragment are 26 x 30 mm, and 2.8 mm thick. It weighs 12.54g. Copper-alloy plate fragments with narrow ribs seem to have been cast from bronze (copper/tin) ingots mixed with lead, and then broken up for further use or for dispersal to other workers. They are extremely important for our knowledge of Late Bronze Age metalworking, and so far are only known from three other places; Isleham in Cambridgeshire, Guilsfield in Powys, and Roscommon in Ireland.

Notes:

Found in a group consisting of sf4728-4734.

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1000 BC
Date to: 700 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 12.54 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st December 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK WANTISDEN

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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