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CASTING WASTE
Unique ID: ESS-800C5F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lump of casting waste, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age (1500-800BC). The object is formed of a flat circular section with a irregularly shaped lump projecting from one side. As the pattina suggests much of the lump is unbroken, there is no obvious form of object that would be shaped in such a way. The most likely answer would be a cauldron lug, though the object does not curve enough.
Dimensions: length: 43.28 mm; width: 53.32 mm; thickness: 24.73 mm; weight: 117.13g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.28 mm
Width: 53.32 mm
Thickness: 24.73 mm
Weight: 117.13 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Brentwood (District)
Parish or ward: Warley (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5988
Four figure Latitude: 51.56845754
Four figure longitude: 0.29276095
1:25K map: TQ5988
1:10K map: TQ58NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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No references cited so far.
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