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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-30387B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. A tiny fragment of round section, possibly part of a substantial pin shank - other possibilities might be considered, such as a stylus or aestel. An angled incised groove may well be part of a more extensive decorative scheme, perhaps of spiral form. Gilding remains on the curved surface. Worn and pointed at both ends, so the whole object is now no larger than a barley grain; fiercely abraded. The gilding is characteristic of Middle Saxon work.Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-800.
Length: 11.9mm, Diameter: 4.8mm, Weight: 0.82gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.9 mm
Weight: 0.82 g
Diameter: 4.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 21st October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34228
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Torksey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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