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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: SF-1A4D56
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Roman furniture fitting, dating to AD 43-410. It has a conical shape with an elongated apex, which ends in a flattened knob. There is a circumferential groove at the apex and at the base of the fitting. The base bears traces of the sub-rectangular cross-sectioned iron shank still inserted into it; the base is covered by iron corrosion product.
See similar example on PAS database: SF-0A876C.
Height: 26.03 mm
Diameter: 18.71 mm
Weight: 22.83 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 26.03 mm
Weight: 22.83 g
Diameter: 18.71 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th September 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Rougham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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