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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-96C497
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete late Roman copper alloy amphora-shaped strap end in rather worn condition. Both the tip of the outside edge and almost all the attachment edge are missing. There is a ring-and-dot on the front face at the widest point. The attachment edge was probably looped, cf. Appels and Laycock 2007, 258, fig. SL13.33. Extent length 36mm. Width 14.3mm. Thickness 1mm. 4th century but perhaps in use during the earlier 5th.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 14.3 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th September 2013 - Wednesday 16th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58906
Other reference: AHS092013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Bawdeswell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0420
Four figure Latitude: 52.7391239
Four figure longitude: 1.02043223
1:25K map: TG0420
1:10K map: TG02SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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