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Unique ID: WILT-9EE643
Object type certainty: Possibly
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A fragment of copper alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval (1200-1800) possible incense burner lip, consisting of a triangular fragment of circular plate with one drilled hole and the remains of two others (c.3mm in diameter and all countersunk).
The plate has one intact curved edge, while the other two edges are rough and the breaks are reasonably fresh. A notch in one distinctly jagged edge and directly below the curved edge, appears cut. The other edge is broken in a straight line through the centre of the two incomplete drilled holes.
One face has the remains of three concentric grooves c.17mm apart. The holes are countersunk from this face, which has a slightly concave surfave (the reverse being slightly convex). On the other face the rim is slightly indented (to a width of c.3mm).
Measures 73.27x54.96x2.40mm and weighs 29.5g. The original diameter of the object would have been c.180mm.
The fragment may also be from a strainer, although the small number of holes per surface area suggests its use would have limited as this, or it is perhaps part of another object not immediately obvious.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Length: 73.27 mm
Width: 54.96 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 29.5 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011 - Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Other reference: Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3786
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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