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MIRROR CASE
Unique ID: SF-801456
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval mirror case, dating to AD 1270-1350. It consists of two recessed discs which have traces of cement in the concave face. One disc has two projecting rounded lugs and a pierced single lug on the opposite side of the edge; the second disc has two pierced lugs on one edge and a single lug on the opposite side of the edge. The pierced lugs of the discs are hinged with a copper-alloy rivet. Both outer faces are decorated with an outline of a crude, rounded, open cross, in double lines of opposed triangles; double line of opposed triangles runs diametrically between the lugs from side to side. The cases are well preserved; one of them is slightly dented and cracked along the edge.
As in Egan-Pritchard (1991, p.362, fig. 241, nos. 1714-1716). Similar examples on the PAS database: HAMP-1F06B3, WAW-66C1A4, LANCUM-692F24, IOW-A157A4.
Length: 43.42 m
Diameter: 30.60 mm
Thickness of one case: 3.05 mm
Overll thickness: 7.22 mm
Weight: 17.84 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.42 mm
Thickness: 7.22 mm
Weight: 17.84 g
Diameter: 30.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Bromeswell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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