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MINIATURE OBJECT

Unique ID: HAMP-DFDA6B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A probably Roman lead votive model or miniature object in the form of an axehead. The object is trapezoidal in shaped and triangular in profile, increasing in thickness and width from the "cutting edge" (8.0x1.5mm) to the "attachment end" (9.7x6.5mm), where there is a central circular piercing (3.5mm diameter). The attachment end is slightly rounded with a lip/ overhang to one side only. The metal is a creamy-white in colour.
The object measures 21.4mm in max.length, 9.7 in max.width, 6.5mm in max.thickness and weighs 6.72g.
Cf. BH-38AFF9 on this database.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.4 mm
Width: 9.7 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 6.72 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th February 2018 - Sunday 18th February 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 676

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stockton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST9837
Four figure Latitude: 51.13227145
Four figure longitude: -2.02996174
1:25K map: ST9837
1:10K map: ST93NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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