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LAMP
Unique ID: LANCUM-4E1B1D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy lamp could be Roman or Byzantine but looks to be a modern copy. Extending from the lamp is a length of copper depicting a Chiro christian symbol. The length is 98mm and the width is 75mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 74
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 98 mm
Width: 75 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th September 2016 - Thursday 8th September 2016
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Barrow-in-Furness (District)
Parish or ward: Barrow Island (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD1969
Four figure Latitude: 54.11047449
Four figure longitude: -3.24047714
1:25K map: SD1969
1:10K map: SD16NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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