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TUMBREL
Unique ID: SUR-3BB5D2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a medieval cast copper alloy tumbrel or coin balance. The fragment comprises the platform on which the coin would have sat and part of the pivot hole. The platform is plain and rectangular and has a pair of transverse ridges below the attachment projection.
A similar example is illustrated in Egan (1998, 329; fig. 245).
Notes:
cf also HAMP-6A2BF3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.03 mm
Width: 13.67 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11-1660
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Epsom and Ewell (District)
Parish or ward: Ewell (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2362
Four figure Latitude: 51.343785
Four figure longitude: -0.235399
1:25K map: TQ2362
1:10K map: TQ26SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office |
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