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MULLER

Unique ID: PUBLIC-DED994

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A blue/grey fragment of a mudstone rock. It is a triangular shaped erratic with three smooth faces and with a remaining face that is roughly flaked and chipped.The fragment may have been used as a rubber or muller. Such adventitious use of local erratics from glacial drift is characteristic of periods from Prehistory to the Anglo-Scandinavian period, whereafter imported stones were favoured for such uses. The item could have been used as a smoother for finishing leather or linen textiles. Suggested date: Unknown, Neolithic to Early Medieval, 4000 BC - AD 850. Length 57.6mm, width 56mm and thickness 27.1mm. Weight 85gm.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa AD 850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 57.6 mm
Width: 56 mm
Thickness: 27.1 mm
Weight: 85 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th January 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cottam (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9766
Four figure Latitude: 54.08079308
Four figure longitude: -0.5188166
1:25K map: SE9766
1:10K map: SE96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Discovery circumstances: metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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