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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LANCUM-377746
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Small cast copper alloy fragment, possibly dating from the later Iron Age or Roman period. It may have been part of a brooch or a pendant. What remains is a hollow sphere which was filled with coral or glass. There are two mouldings on either side, one possibly forming part of a pin rest or a loop for suspension.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.9 mm
Height: 9 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 3.71 g
Diameter: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Animal skeletal material
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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)
To be known as: Wetwang
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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