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TOILET ARTICLE
Unique ID: DUR-D148E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy Roman toilet implement, 1st-2nd century in date.
It has a broken loop at the top before a beaded collar. The stem is circular in section and narrows towards the end. It is bent half way down and the end could be broken although it is worn so difficult to tell. This would probably have been part of a set hanging from a chatelaine with other items.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.82 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 7.09 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th March 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
To be known as: Aldborough-St-John
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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