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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: WAW-E075C5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy unidentified object, possibly a catchplate from a Roman bow brooch. The artefact is broadly triangular in plan, one end has been folded in upon itself, similar to a catchplate from a brooch. In plan the artefact tapers towards the base. The artefact is bent and broken on the fold near the the tapering base. Corrosion product is visible on the length of the curved edge. The artefact bears similarities to a catchplate, if this identification is correct it is a separate catchplate to be attached to a brooch instead of a fragment of a brooch. The artefact is very thin (0.5mm thick) and is 32.60mm in length, 13.1mm wide and 1.9mm max thickness (thickness of the fold) it weighs 0.92 grams. The thin material questions the possible identification of a catchplate, it could be suggested that a thin catchplate would be impractical.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.6 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 0.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2011 - Saturday 30th April 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Cleeve Prior (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0849
Four figure Latitude: 52.13924
Four figure longitude: -1.884524
1:25K map: SP0849
1:10K map: SP04NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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