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SPOON
Unique ID: PUBLIC-857A0E
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast lead-alloy object, probably a post-medieval spoon handle.
Description: The object is a thin rod, broken at both ends and facetted with six faces to give a flattened hexagon in cross-section. The upper facet is decorated with a moulded zigzag pattern along its length with a pellet in each angle.
Measurements: Length 38.67mm: Width 6.0mm: Depth 4.0mm: Weight 4.44g.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.67 mm
Width: 6 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 4.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th September 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: South Somercotes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4393
Four figure Latitude: 53.41443125
Four figure longitude: 0.1500926
1:25K map: TF4393
1:10K map: TF49SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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