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RIVET
Unique ID: SOM-9B17F1
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unknown cast lead object, possibly a hook, peg or rivet; alternatively it could have been used to mend a vessel or change its use. It comprises a sub-circular, slightly convex disc (but not uniformly so), and a shaft extending from the centre of the concave side of the disc. There is a small hole c 2mm in diameter, half way between the base of the shaft and the edge of the disc, and there are traces of another similar hole c 16mm away. The shaft is angled upwards from a line joining the two holes such that it make an internal angle of c 20 degrees with the upper side of the disc. The object is covered in a white patina.
The disc varies from 38.5mm to 33.7mm in width, and between 2.2mm and 3.8mm in thickness around the rim. The shaft tapers from an oval cross-sectioned 13mm x 10.5mm at the base (the 10.5mm being parallel to a line joning the two holes), to 7.3mm at the point; the shaft is 35.6mm in length. The distance from the convex side of the disc to the furthest side of the shaft is 18.3. The object weighs 58.03 grams.
The date of the object is unknown but the context of its find was with a large number of Roman sites; however, there were also modern finds at the site.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.3 mm
Width: 38.5 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 58.03 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 019939
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
Parish or ward: Trudoxhill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7444
Four figure Latitude: 51.19462243
Four figure longitude: -2.37346039
1:25K map: ST7444
1:10K map: ST74SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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