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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: HESH-A0D7BE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily eroded copper alloy bar which tapers at both ends. It is rectangular in plan and cross section. The surface is lost through abrasion and corrosion; it originally had a thick mid green coloured surface patina which is now almost completely lost. Due to condition a direct parallel has not been found. It is likely to be of prehistoric - medieval date (100 BC - AD 1400).
The bar measures 50.4mm width, 7.9mm width is 3.4mm thick at the break and weighs 15.48 grams
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.4 mm
Width: 7.9 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 15.48 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service Entry Form: SHRMS: 00877
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cockshutt
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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