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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: ESS-46A208
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A probable fragment of copper metalworking debris of unspecified date. The object is made of sheet copper alloy roughly triangular with two very thing corners and one that appears to have been cut again to form a fourth edge. The narrowest corners have been twisted to form loops, though this appears to be unintentional. It is difficult to date this object, but based on the pattina it is likely to be significantly old, no later than Medieval in date. There is a mid-dark green pattina on the object with patches of mid brown soil discolouration.
Dimensions: 103.89 length: 30.81 mm; width: mm; thickness: 1.24 mm; weight: 11.20g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 103.89 mm
Width: 30.81 mm
Thickness: 1.24 mm
Weight: 11.2 g
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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: Essex (County)
District: Epping Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Little Laver (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL5310
Four figure Latitude: 51.76777521
Four figure longitude: 0.21588576
1:25K map: TL5310
1:10K map: TL51SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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