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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-E13F9A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy button with part of the integral drilled loop missing: a biconical, hollow openwork head with a small central nipple and engraved lines between six sub-triangular perforations on the front face, and with six perforations on the rear face. Comparable with Baart et al. 1977, 185, no. 235, Margeson 1993, 20-2, fig. 11 no. 102 and Read 2005, 30, no. 93. Diameter 11.7mm. Extant length 15.5mm. 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.5 mm
Diameter: 11.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 13th September 2016 - Monday 10th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: KLMD102016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Littleport (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL5586
Four figure Latitude: 52.44997278
Four figure longitude: 0.27940956
1:25K map: TL5586
1:10K map: TL58NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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