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STRAP END
Unique ID: PAS-2F6459
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from the attachment end of a copper-alloy late Roman artefact known as a 'nail-cleaner strap-end'; it could have been either or both. The fragment tapers from a flat attachment end to a waist with a pair of out-turned crescentic lugs back-to-back. This trapezoidal terminal is bevelled along its long edges on its front; bevelling continues around the lugs and beyond. The object has been broken directly below the lugs following old damage. Where the lugs meet the body of the object lines have been engraved for emphasis on the front. The reverse is flat and plain. There is a rivet towards the attachment end, visible on the reverse, but flush to the front.
The object now has a silvery-grey colour. It measures 20.9mm by up to 10.0mm wide by 2.1mm thick and weighs 1.76g.
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Subsequent action after recording: Finder applying for an export licence
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 350
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.9 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 1.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014 - Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Weekend Wanderers USA Tour March-April 2014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Lockinge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4288
Four figure Latitude: 51.58929397
Four figure longitude: -1.39514884
1:25K map: SU4288
1:10K map: SU48NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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