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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: YORYM-666742
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete unidentified object of probable post-medieval date. The body of the object is long and cylindrical with a hammer-head shaped terminal. At the opposite end of the body a narrow collar is present above which a circular attachment loop projects. A short length of cylindrical metal is present through the attachment loop and has a rectangular plate folded around it.
Due to the lack of any diagnostic features and the lack of contextual evidence it is not possible to identify or date this object any more closely. It is possibly post-medieval but an earlier date cannot be ruled out.
The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and is worn. The object is 40.1mm long, 9.1mm wide, 2.7mm thick and weighs 2.2g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.1 mm
Width: 9.1 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st April 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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Yapham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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