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PURSE
Unique ID: WILT-2D9C70
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy late medieval purse frame, dating AD1450-1550. The bar is L-shaped in cross-section, transitioning into a flat, incomplete perforated lug at one end and truncated by an old break at the other. One flange of the L-sectioned is perforated three times along its length.
It is 56.47mm in length, 7.37mm in width and weighs 8.40g. The hole which is clearly designed for fixing is c 5mm in diameter, the three smaller holes which may have been added later and are now damaged are c 3mm in diameter.
Cf. Similar examples published by Ward Perkins (1975).
Class: bar
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56.47 mm
Width: 7.37 mm
Weight: 3.06 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5328 Sorviodunum Survey
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Salisbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1332
Four figure Latitude: 51.08717029
Four figure longitude: -1.81576919
1:25K map: SU1332
1:10K map: SU13SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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