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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: IOW-AD8134
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy unidentified object of Unknown date and function.
This flat object is now roughly square in plan and has a break at one end. It is unclear whether there is a break at the opposite end which is curved in side profile. At the front a symmetrical and curvilinear design is gilded. Some of the gilding is lost. A central rivet or spike at one end is circular in cross-section and may be separate. It appears to be separate at the front but integral at the rear.
This object is corroded and the surface is reddish brown in places with bright green corrosion products. Traces of gilding are present at the rear.
Length: 15.48mm; width: 15.06mm; thickness of plate: 1.04mm; overall thickness: 3.57mm. Weight: 1.37g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Exactly AD 410
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.48 mm
Width: 15.06 mm
Thickness: 3.57 mm
Weight: 1.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2013-1-408
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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