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GIRDLE HANGER
Unique ID: NLM-AB1B0A
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of copper-alloy girdle-hanger, part of the shaft only surviving. It consists of a cast rectangular-section bar, neatly broken at either end. The display face bears a series of 22 double-crescent stamps - none discernible as ring and dot, though appearing as such at first viewing. The stamps follow the edges of the two long sides. In profile the object now exhibits slight curvature, though whether this is an original feature is uncertain. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600.
Length: 31.9mm, Width: 6.2mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 3.39g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.9 mm
Width: 6.2 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 3.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35518
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Melton Ross
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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