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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-E5FAFE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy with gilding traces, unidentified object fragment. Cast object with one slightly tapered plain end broken at an apparent bifurcation into small spurs, and with the rest of its length of D section, knobbed or grooved into nine segments on the outside of its curve. The last or terminal segment is the largest and apparently unbroken. Gilding traces remain on the outer knobbed side. The object has been bent into an oval loop. Knobbed torcs and bangles are known from Later Iron Age contexts, but these were not usually gilded, a feature more to be expected in the Anglo-Saxon period or later. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 410-850.
Length (as found): 30.8mm, Width: 25.9mm, Thickness: 7.4mm, Weight: 11.77gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 410
Date to: Circa AD 1050
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.8 mm
Width: 25.9 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 11.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26563a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Belton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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