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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: SF-710E8E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of cast copper-alloy metal working debris of uncertain date. It is triangular in form and section, terminating on at least two sides in old breaks. All surfaces are extremely worn, with only traces of a dark green/brown patina surviving. It measures 25.33mm in length, 14.87mm in width, 9.03mm in thickness, and 8.63g in weight. The precise function of this fragment remains uncertain. Its form is similar to the corners/edges of Bronze Age objects, such as socketed axes, and it is not implausible that this is a fragment from the corner of a cutting edge/blade. However, its poor preservation and breaks make this identification problematic and it might equally be a small fragment from a cooking vessel of later date, or simply waste product from metal working processes. It can therefore only losely be dated to the Bronze Age or later periods.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.33 mm
Width: 14.87 mm
Thickness: 9.03 mm
Weight: 8.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Framlingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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