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MINIATURE OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-05F39C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy miniature weapon. Cast model of a dagger with a broad triangular blade of lentoid section, a narrow sub-rectangular section hilt with lightly convex surfaces front and rear. This is surmounted by a sub-triangular loop in place of a pommel, the flat top of which is thinner than the rest, possibly from wear. This may be a votive miniature object, of a form resembling the parazonium, a fighting dagger carried by legionary soldiers, to be either worn or displayed suspended. Excavated miniature weapons are often associated with shrines and ritual shafts, and another miniature item reported along with this object may also relate to the proximity of a shrine or temple. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Length: 59.3mm, Width: 12.6mm, Thickness: 5.6mm, Weight: 9.50gms.
Class: Weapon
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.3 mm
Width: 12.6 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28593
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Walkeringham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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