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PIPE TAMPER
Unique ID: SUSS-E6B15D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval object, probably a seal-top pipe tamper or finger ring, probably dating to the c. 17th-18th centuries AD. The fragment consists of an elongated-octagon seal matrix bezel, which has a pellet border surrounding; the interior has a chi-rho symbol and seemingly four illegible letters. From either side of the bezel, an oval-sectioned ring flares outwards, this is incomplete and one section extends further than the other.
It measures 32.7 mm in length, 12.2 mm wide, 5.8 mm thick and weighs 7.6 g.
Comparable to PAS database record BH-ED2366.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.7 mm
Width: 12.2 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 7.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Alciston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5006
Four figure Latitude: 50.83410125
Four figure longitude: 0.12875873
1:25K map: TQ5006
1:10K map: TQ50NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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