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Unique ID: NLM-83F693
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy with white metal plating strap slide. Cast plate comprising a cockle shell or fan shaped element with a rectangular section above it with paired horizontal ribs towards its upper and lower edges, all with a rectangular loop behind. White metal plating remains on the display face. The cockle shell was a motif associated with the birth of the Goddess Venus for the Romans; Venus was associated with manly activities such as hunting as well as with romantic exercise. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Height: 31.8mm, width: 25.3mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 2.2mm, Weight: 11.00gms.
Class: Slide
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 31.8 mm
Width: 25.3 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th August 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24837a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Fridaythorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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