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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: WAW-B17F47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A incomplete lead-alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. The artefact is a sub-lozenge in plan, but all edges a broken, possibly recently. The outer face has what appears to be moulded decoration in the form of a large sub-circular pellet with a possible trough around it. The surface has a slightly mottled cream and light grey colour, but is predominantly oxidised. The fragment measures 37.87mm in length, 29.61mm in width, 23.28mm thick and weighs 72g.
The date of the object is unknown and the function is not certain. It is an unusual object, and from the same field a similar fragment with a 'V' has also been recorded (WAW-B02356).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.87 mm
Width: 29.61 mm
Thickness: 23.28 mm
Weight: 72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Sunday 31st March 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Bromsgrove (District)
Parish or ward: Alvechurch (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0474
Four figure Latitude: 52.36404
Four figure longitude: -1.942682
1:25K map: SP0474
1:10K map: SP07SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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