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MOUNT
Unique ID: YORYM-40D4AF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy mount of Iron Age date. The mount is trilobate with a hollow central lobe flanked by two slightly smaller, off centre, hollow lobes. A worn projection to the edge of the central lobe, midway between the two existing outer lobes, suggests the presence of a further lobe which has since been lost to an old, worn break. A worn projection is also present at the middle of the upper surface of the centre lobe though its purpose is likely to be decorative rather than functional. To the reverse of the mount small knops project from the concave centre of each lobe.
The metal has a patchy mid-brownish-green patina and is worn. The object is 31.4mm long, 17.9mm wide, 7.7mm thick and weighs 5.8g.
No direct parallel could be found for this object at the time of recording though it has similarities with button and loop fasteners of a similar date. A range of these objects have been recorded on the PAS database: https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/iron+age+button+and+loop+fastener+three+bosses
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.4 mm
Width: 17.9 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 5.8 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04497
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ellerker (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9329
Four figure Latitude: 53.74908357
Four figure longitude: -0.5911716
1:25K map: SE9329
1:10K map: SE92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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