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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LIN-36C549
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy unidentified object. The item is made of sheet metal folded over to make a thin rectangular shank. It is broken at both ends. The item flares at one end, somewhat resembling the flared end of a tweezer. The item is bent to 90 degrees at this end, but this is likely to be damage. The surface of the flared end contains silvering. Possibly Middle Saxon given the assemblage it was found with. The flared end is 5mm in width; the shank is 3mm in width and 1.5mm in thickness.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 5 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: East Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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