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Unique ID: YORYM-A42D05
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy possibly toy piece of post-medieval date. The object is sub-rectangular with a rounded terminal to one end and a projecting rectangular terminal to the other. The rounded end is decorated with three elongated loops while the lower portion is stepped with two parallel vertical ridges extending to three zig-zag terminals at each step. The resulting effect is that of drapery as in a hanging curtain or similar. The reverse is flat and undecorated suggesting the object was only intended to be viewed from one side.
No parallel for this object has been found and this identification remains uncertain.
The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is slightly worn. The object is 48.5mm long, 14.4mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 10.8g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.5 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 10.8 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Newton Kyme cum Toulston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4644
Four figure Latitude: 53.89014871
Four figure longitude: -1.30158268
1:25K map: SE4644
1:10K map: SE44SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 0.1 metre square.
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