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Unique ID: LIN-A80353

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A life-sized copper alloy finger from a votive hand. The finger is solid cast and life-like both in size and in depiction. The surviving portion of the finger includes the nail, the first digit and is broken just before the knuckle. The finger is oval in cross-section and tapers towards the nail. The break is fairly neat and well patinated suggesting that it may have been intentionally broken/cut off the original hand in antiquity. The finger is slightly angled at the first digit. The finger is possibly the little finger though missing the rest of the hand it is difficult to be certain. The finger has an even deep green patina and is in a good state of preservation. Votive representations of body parts in bronze are known from temple or shrine sites. A more complete hand from Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire is recorded on the PAS database as LEIC-7F4CC3.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 12 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Branston and Mere (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0066
Four figure Latitude: 53.181712
Four figure longitude: -0.50508
1:25K map: TF0066
1:10K map: TF06NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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