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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-562011
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. A cast and apparently asymmetrical fitting comprising the stubs of two oval loops of different sizes but set in the same plane, and possibly with the space for a third. The loops abutt each other. This might be part of a light strap fitting or strap union. There is no indication of grooves or other features to retain lenses, as otherwise this configuration might be appropriate to a pinc-nez or to spectacles -known from the late medieval period as a reading aid. The object has a display face on which the springing of the two or three loops is distinguished, and a flat back which is featureless. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1500.
Length: 32.3mm, Height: 17.0mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 2.96gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.3 mm
Height: 17 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 2.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36254
Materials and construction
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: Luddington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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