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BOX
Unique ID: SWYOR-0883D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy box or casket mount dating from the Medieval period. It is an elongated rectangle in plan, but has been bent at 45 degrees and twisted post deposition. At the complete end is a zoomorphic terminal in the form of an animal head. It has a wide snub snout, concave cheeks, and bulging rounded ears. The eyes are incised ovals, and a lozenge design with a central line is incised on the ears and back of the head. Benhind the head, the neck narrows and flattens into a D shaped section. There is a circule attachment hole and then the rest of the mount is moulded into segments, rather like an earthworm. At the broken end is another incomplete circular attachment hole. The mount has a turquoise and brown patina. Compare DUR-AF3BC5, WILT-CEFE53 and SF-828566.
Class: mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 73.96 mm
Width: 8.67 mm
Thickness: 4.89 mm
Weight: 7.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS Form Number 1813
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Adwick (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5210
Four figure Latitude: 53.584018
Four figure longitude: -1.216005
1:25K map: SE5210
1:10K map: SE51SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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