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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LEIC-3CAA94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Unknown unidentified copper alloy object, 27mm long, 8mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 5.03grams. The object is a fragment of a large object, possibly a ring. It has an oval section and a tapering width. It has a highly polished surface and has a casting scar? in the centre of its inner and outer surfaces.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.03 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Merton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5818
Four figure Latitude: 51.857582
Four figure longitude: -1.159234
1:25K map: SP5818
1:10K map: SP51NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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