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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NCL-0BD002
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper-alloy strap slide of Iron Age-Roman date, c. 100 BC-AD 150.
The slide has a pointed oval body with swollen pointed ends with raised ridges, and a central boss. The underside has a C-shaped bracket connecting to the underside of the pointed ends. The bracket is rectangular in section.
Class: Strap slide
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.24 mm
Height: 12.83 mm
Width: 16.17 mm
Thickness: 4.87 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 31st January 2012 - Tuesday 28th February 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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)
Parish or ward: Middleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9449
Four figure Latitude: 53.928607
Four figure longitude: -0.569902
1:25K map: SE9449
1:10K map: SE94NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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