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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SF-93B121
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy unidentified object of probable early medieval to medieval date. It is long and narrow with a break at both ends, a flattened reverse face and convex outer face. The main body of the object is 16.87mm long, its outer face swelling towards the inner end creating a slight S-shape in profile. Extending from the inner end is a narrower section, its outer end curving slightly towards the rear, suggesting that it was hooked originally. Its outer face is decorated with several fine transverse grooves at the join with the other section. The breaks are both quite fresh.
The object appears to have been hooked at one end and so perhaps was a strap fitting of some sort or even a buckle pin. No visible means of attachment can be seen now, however.
Finder suggests that this may be an Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl mount/escutcheon, but it would be very small in size for this.
Length: 25.01mm, width: 4.34mm, thickness: 3.90mm, weight: 1.28g
Notes:
This find is from a larger research project please contact Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service for more information.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 550
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.01 mm
Width: 4.34 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 1.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 059
Other reference: SS16-162
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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