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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT1593
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
Zoomorphic object (possibly a mount) in the form of a bird (possibly an eagle) with wings spread. Top forms dish shape as does head. Underside is decorated with 5 incised ladder-style lines running lengthways along the wings. Fracture at the tail end. No evidence of an attachment point.
Class: Mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 74 mm
Width: 36 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: KENT SANDWICH
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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