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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SOM-D30122
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval sheet copper-alloy domed thimble with sloping sides, now squashed. There are multiple circular drilled or punched pits in slightly irregular concentric circles on the sides and top. Just above the base, below the pits, is an incised line. The thimble is 25.15mm long and 17.2mm wide in its squashed state; it weighs 5.15g, but this weight included mud.
The thimble is probably late medieval in date (AD 1400-1500). It was probably used for light duty sewing (Egan 1998, 265).
Notes:
This item was recorded at a rally and therefore the description and in particular photograph is likely to be below our usual standards.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.15 mm
Width: 17.2 mm
Weight: 5.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at EDMC, North Curry, 29 Jan 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally ticket 492
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: North Curry (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3124
Four figure Latitude: 51.011224
Four figure longitude: -2.984925
1:25K map: ST3124
1:10K map: ST32SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
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 | 265 |
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