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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: SF-781801
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy late Medieval to Early Post Medieval fitting. It consists of a rectangular plate folded back on itself, creating a loop from which a circular ring hangs. The plate is recessed and the back sheet is slightly narrower than the one on the front. A copper-alloy rivet held together the two sheets, now slightly loose. Each side of the loop has a narrow raised line. The front sheet has traces of tin coating. The ring has an oval cross-section and has its outer surface decorated with three equidistant pairs of incised transverse lines. The plate is slightly broken on its attachement edge and the ring is worn due to the use.
See similar example in PAS database : WMID-EA2706. It is dated to AD 1400-1700.
Length of the plate: 21.74 mm
Width of the plate: 10.80 mm
Thickness of the folded plate: 3.01 mm
Total weight: 3.62 g
Diameter of the ring: 13.40 mm
Thickness of the ring: 2.70 mm
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.59 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 3.01 mm
Weight: 3.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: EKE 063
Other reference: Finders reference SS15 256
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Eyke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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