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STRAP END
Unique ID: FAKL-D12571
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
One leaf probably from a composite strap end. Tongue-shaped with two indents either side of its tip. At the upper end is an ogival indent either side of which is a 2.7mm diameter hole. A 13th or 14th century date is likely
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 16.5 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 3.68 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: A207
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Fulford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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