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BELL
Unique ID: YORYM-2ACCA6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy harness bell of medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1400. The object comprises a hollow sub-spherical chamber formed of four elongated ovate petal-like panels, integral to one another to the upper end. The surface of the bell is decorated with a scale-like design created by a series of semi-circular grooves. The pea no longer remains.
The metal has a mid-red/brown patina and is worn. The bell is 20.4mm long, 12.7mm wide, 0.7mm thick and weighs 1.8g.
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.4 mm
Width: 12.7 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05547
Materials and construction
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: Ellerker (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9329
Four figure Latitude: 53.74908357
Four figure longitude: -0.5911716
1:25K map: SE9329
1:10K map: SE92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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