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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SWYOR-B99868
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, cast copper-alloy unidentified object of probable Post Medieval date, AD 1500 - 1900. It consists of two arms, both 5.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick. They meet at a right angle. Both are incomplete, but one extends for 14mm before bending down at a right-angle and continuing for 16mm before the worn patinated break. The other one is shorter and does not bend. A narrow curved bar of metal joins them across the internal angle of the right angle, leaving a sub-circular hole of 3.6mm by 3.8mm. A third, narrower are projects from the corner of the two main arms, but is also broken, extending just 5mm. There is no decoration. The object has a patchy, light green patina. It is 43.3 long, 23.3mm wide and 3.2mm thick. It weighs 4.76gm.
Initially assumed to be a lamp hanger like those discussed in Egan, 2010, The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150 - c.1450, pages 130 - 133 and database records LANCUM-6D0215, SF-9CC0D5 and SUR-96BBE1, it is noted that the shape is not correct for these. It is also similar to but differetn from servant's bell mechanisms. Currently, this object is unidentified, but the metal and patina suggests a Post medieval date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.3 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 4.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th March 2018 - Tuesday 27th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3135
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Micklefield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4333
Four figure Latitude: 53.79154507
Four figure longitude: -1.34876038
1:25K map: SE4333
1:10K map: SE43SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | 130 - 133 |
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