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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SUR-C40B94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy object, probably of Roman date, but of uncertain purpose or original extent. The object appears to be of cylindrical construction but there are a number of flat facets which suggest it is a component of a larger assembly. Within the wider terminal, which has a slightly flaring rim, is a rounded groove which suggests a housing for a swivelling component. Little remains of the longer body of the object but this appears to have had a square or sub-square section with flattened sides.
The bright green patina suggests a Roman date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.11 mm
Weight: 24.28 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 12-605
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Ulcombe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8449
Four figure Latitude: 51.210561
Four figure longitude: 0.632898
1:25K map: TQ8449
1:10K map: TQ84NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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