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WIRE
Unique ID: NLM-73A8F5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy
Wire. Wire or pin of round section, flattened at one end to form a tiny hook, and cut with pliers at the other end. Suggested date: Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800.
Length: 58.1mm, Diameter: 2.4mm, Weight: 2.23gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.1 mm
Weight: 2.23 g
Diameter: 2.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009 - Thursday 31st December 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16601
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Roxby cum Risby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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