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DIVIDERS
Unique ID: WREX-7D197C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete pair of post-medieval copper-alloy mathematical or surveyor's dividers, consisting of one arm only. The arm is diamond shape in section tapering to a point. The object has a brown patina with some corrosion.
Length: 80.4mm; width: 7.16mm; depth: 9.21mm; weight: 14.9g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 80.4 mm
Width: 7.16 mm
Thickness: 9.21 mm
Weight: 14.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th February 2018 - Friday 13th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Wrexham Museum Entry form No. 1275
Materials and construction
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