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MINIATURE OBJECT
Unique ID: DOR-64BC2D
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy miniature vessel leg of probable Roman date (c. AD 43 - 410). The vessel leg is irregularly shaped and is oval in cross-section. It expands from the break point at the tip from a width of 5.75mm to a width of 9.77mm.. There is a small rectangular incision at this point of unknown purpose. Below this the leg narrows to a width of 3.45mm before expanding to a width of 5.45mm and bends into a D-shaped knee. The leg then bends back and terminates in a moulded foot incised with a horizontal circumferential groove. It measures 7.7mm wide and is 4.8mm thick at the foot.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.05 mm
Width: 5.9 mm
Thickness: 4.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: GCD4
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Gussage St Michael
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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