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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: HAMP-3B9809
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy object of probable post-medieval to modern date and uncertain function, consisting of a hollow tube 36.4mm in length and 8.2x6.7mm in cross-section. One end is damaged (old break) and here the walls are 1.3mm thick. At the opposite end is a zoomorphic moulding around a narrowed aperture 3.8mm in diameter. A rounded rib forms a D-shape around the sides and top of this end, within which is an additional ridge above a prominent brow and two bulbous lentoid eyes. There is then a sharp narrowing to the snout, at the end of which is the afroementioned aperture.
The metal is brownish-green in colour with areas of pitting. The object has a max.width of 11.5mm and a max. thickness of 9.5mm (both at the zoomorphic moulding). It weighs 7.65g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.4 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 7.65 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 668
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Owslebury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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