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TAP
Unique ID: SOM-DE4477
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy tap dating to the post-medieval period, c.17th century. The object has a hollow tubular, oval body and a faceted zoomorphic head or spout; the opposite end has been broken off to a jagged point. The spout curves downwards through ninety degrees. It has flattened sides, facets on the front and back, and two transverse ridges: as it begins and halfway down the front. The spout's terminal has been abraded. A vertical perforation behind the head would have taken a tap key, now missing (max. internal diameter: 8.2mm); the external sides are flattened. The object has a dark-grey patina over a red-brown metal.
Length 76.3mm, width at point of tap 10.2mm, width of barrel 6.2mm; weight 10.67gms
Similar examples can be seen on this database, NCL-D87D48, BERK-E26C94, where it is speculated as the tap for a decorated ewer or some other tabletop vessel rather than a larger storage vessel.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 76.3 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 10.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22463
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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