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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SF-E29A9B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy Medieval open thimble. It has a truncated-cone shape and has the exterior surface decorated with hand drilled indentations which tend to be alligned in vertical lines. The internal surface has trasversal smoothing marks.
The shape and type suggest the period AD 1350-1450.
Diameter: 19.30 mm. Height: 11.92 mm. Weight: 4.68 g.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 11.92 mm
Weight: 4.68 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 081
Other reference: Finders reference SS14 100
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Rendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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