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INGOT
Unique ID: NLM-F360F3
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy, painted or oiled, possible ingot. Cast oval bun shaped lump of metal with an impressed oval panel in one side. The surface appears to bear extensive traces of a black deposit. A tiny spur of yellow metal indicates this to be or to include copper alloy, despite its leaden tint. The mass does not appear to coincide with subdivisions of known metrical systems. Several similar objects of varied weights were reported from the vicinity. Suggested date: Early Medieval , 850-1100.
Length: 17.9mm, Width: 15.7mm, Thickness: 8.7mm, Weight: 10.57gms.
Class: Copper alloy
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Viking style
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.9 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 10.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th August 2013
Rally details.
This object was found at Central Searchers, Alford, Lincs
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23186a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Beesby with Saleby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4478
Four figure Latitude: 53.27942601
Four figure longitude: 0.1583092
1:25K map: TF4478
1:10K map: TF47NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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