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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SF-423F8C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy fragment of an unidentified object, probably dating to the Medieval period. It is a hollow cast element with a D-shaped cross-section at one end while the opposite end flares outwards in a sort of crescent projection. The sides of the D-shaped end have an outward crescent projection each. The back face is missing a part from the short section (6.76 mm long, 13.41 mm wide) forming the D-shaped end. The object has old breaks now worn and the surface bears a faint white metal coating, which might also be due to the possible tin content in the metal alloy.
The fragment is similar to one of the arms of the hollow unidentified cross SF-40FBA3 on the PAS database. Other examples on the PAS database have been interpreted as a Roman strap distributor (see HESH-F2AF88, LEIC-B1C011, DUR-B9BD39) using parallels originate from military contexts in the Continent.
Length: 19.43 mm
Width: 22.50 mm
Thickness: 9.08 mm
Weight: 3.10 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.43 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Thickness: 9.08 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: EKE 064
Other reference: Finder reference SS15 265
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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.
References cited
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