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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: FAKL-BE9154
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Iron Age fitting, semi-cylindrical, cast copper alloy, one face open, its ends slightly expanded. On one edge is a flat projection, its tip turned to form a hook. A similar hook may have been lost from the other edge. The outer face is decorated with two grooves around each end which are separated by a circumferential rib. These elements are angled so as to give the ends a lipped appearance. The central section of the cylinder bears two arcs, set circumferentially and converging to form a curved 'X'. Length 20.7mm, Diameter 11.2mm, Section thickness 1.3mm, Hook 6.6mm wide, Mass 2.49g.
This object is difficult to identify or to date. The decoration would not be out of place on a piece of Iron Age metalwork but the form of the hook seems inappropriate for this dating. However an Iron Age date is suggested.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.7 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 2.49 g
Diameter: 11.2 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SWY260
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Sotby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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