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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: ESS-BFDBC3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy unidentified object comprising a rectangular sectioned bar with one spherical terminal. There is a groove around the circumference where the sperical terminal meets the bar. The other end of the bar is not spherical but curves downwards (or upwards) and has two rounded notches. Length 25.9mm, diameter of spherical end 10.76mm, thickness of bar 4.6mm, width of bar 8.1mm, weight 7.4g. The surface is abraded and pitted. There are traces of a brown patina but most of the object is covered in light green corrosion product.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Finder applying for an export licence
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.9 mm
Width: 8.1 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
Diameter: 10.76 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Friday 30th April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
Parish or ward: Great Bromley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0825
Four figure Latitude: 51.884742
Four figure longitude: 1.020919
1:25K map: TM0825
1:10K map: TM02NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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