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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SUSS-00D081
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A late Medieval to early Post Medieval cast copper alloy thimble with sloping sides and slightly domed top. A continuous spiral of hand-drilled circular pits emanate from a bare tonsure at the centre of the top; the pits cover the entire external surface save for a narrow plain band at the base. The pits get slightly smaller towards the top. The thimble has been cast from one piece and does not have a thicker or turned over rim at its base. The lower half of the thimble has been flattened, resulting in a split on each side. It measures 19.5 mm high, 24.7 mm wide, 0.8 mm thick and weighs 4.04 grams.
For a similar example, cf. Holmes (1988), p 1, Fig 2a, which dates to 1400-1550 AD; Cf. also an example from Southwark (Egan 2005: 131, no.628) from a context dated 1530-1550 AD. For a close parallel example from the PAS database: SOM-F18438.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.5 mm
Width: 24.7 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 4.04 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Ringmer
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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