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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: IOW-6A4482
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy unidentified object of Unknown date and uncertain function.
This 'Y'-shaped hollow object has three cylindrical arms. One arm is longer than the other two and each arm swells towards their terminal ends. Each of the arms has a small circular longitudinal perforation, suggesting that it could have been threaded onto a relatively thin string or strings, perhaps to hold them in place and distribute them evenly. The holes have a diameter of c. 3.1mm.
The object is corroded and has a variable green patina in places.
Height: 38.9mm; width: 29.9mm; thickness: 8.4mm. Weight: 13.74g.
Similar objects recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database have been dated from 300 BC to AD 1900. See finds: CAM-116906; HESH-30B424; IOW-A2BB16; NLM-D4F4D3 and SF-5F8DA2.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly 300 BC
Date to: Exactly AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 38.9 mm
Width: 29.9 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 13.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-4-174
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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