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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: HAMP-BC0D2F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy unidentifed object of uncertain date, from the Roman to post-medieval periods (AD 43 - 1700). The object is D-shaped in cross-section with a flat reverse and convex front. It is in the form of an oval with an arm of narrowing width projecting from one of the long edges. To the reverse of the oval (12.9x9.8x3.2mm), and slightly off-centre, is a broken (old damge) pyramidal projection c.7mm long, 5.2mm wide and 4.2mm thick. The arm curves in an arc and narrows from 7.6x3.1mm to 3.7x2.5mm at an old break.
The object measures 21.9mm in length, 12.9mm in max.width, 9.7mm in max.depth and weighs 3.88g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.9 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Thickness: 9.7 mm
Weight: 3.88 g
Diameter: 18.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 372
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Winchester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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