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BADGE

Unique ID: LEIC-42F8AF

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval? lead alloy pilgrim badge, 20mm long 18mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 3.27g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and depicts a bearded? figure with a possible halo of pellets or a headress around its head. The figure has its arms raised upwards by its head (in an attitude of early Christian prayer?) and is wearing a long sleeved tunic decorated with raised curved lines which run down the sleeves and converge in the middle of the body. This image has a ladder like border, with pellets in each section at its two sides. The bottom and upper edge are not complete.

The object may be part of a pilgrim badge or religious token?

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 3.27 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th December 2016 - Saturday 17th December 2016

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Thurleigh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL0457
Four figure Latitude: 52.20142877
Four figure longitude: -0.4796603
1:25K map: TL0457
1:10K map: TL05NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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