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VESSEL
Unique ID: SF-A0C043
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy vessel mount of probable Late Iron Age to Roman date.
It seems to be in the form of a worn human face. The face is oval in shape with two small circular eyes visible towards the top. Above the face is a semi-circular integrally cast suspension loop that has a central circular hole. There are incomplete opposing flat, sub-rectangular projections to either side of the face and a flat triangular projection below it. The back face is undecorated and concave at the centre.
The whole mount is curvilinear in profile.
This vessel mount measures 40.65mm in length, 39.72mm in width, 3.47mm in thickness, 17.89g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database from Hepworth, Suffolk (SF-254C92).
Class: Mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.65 mm
Width: 39.72 mm
Thickness: 3.47 mm
Weight: 17.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders ref Field 3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Nettlestead
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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