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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-5DA67A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver unidentified object. Triangular fragment of beaten silver sheet with one cut and one torn long edge, also torn at its wider end. A pair of ruled converging lines border a neatly executed longitudinal zone of cross hatch on one side. Suggested date: probably Post-Medieval, 1750-1850.
Length: 20.9mm, Widh: 13.6mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 0.93gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.9 mm
Width: 13.6 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 13th August 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33921
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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