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PURSE

Unique ID: NMS-FDD016

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of medieval copper alloy purse frame, round-sectioned bar, both ends broken, decoration consists of two encircling grooves near the missing narrowed projection for the terminal rove, and engraved pairs of oblique cross-hatched lines, filled with niello. Remains of flange broken across twin perforations. Surviving length 40mm. Diameter 6mm. Ward Perkins 1940, Type A. c.1450 - c.1500.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Diameter: 6 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd November 2013 - Saturday 23rd November 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: KLMD122013

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wood Walton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL2081
Four figure Latitude: 52.41384536
Four figure longitude: -0.23710832
1:25K map: TL2081
1:10K map: TL28SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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