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TOILET ARTICLE
Unique ID: IOW-B3234D
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy object of Unknown date, possibly a toilet article or needle (AD 43-1800).
This undecorated object is misshapen, slightly convex on one side and flat on the other side. At one end there are the remains of an eye or loop and the opposite end has a transverse break. It has a uniform thickness throughout its length but its width tapers. At the eye, the width is 3.4mm and at the break it has a width of 2.0mm.
The object has a green patina and the breaks are old.
Length: 78.5mm; length if straightened: c. 129.5mm; width: 3.4mm; thickness: 1.5mm. Weight: 3.53g.
Notes:
Found on the surface while metal detecting on a Roman site.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 78.5 mm
Width: 3.4 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 3.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th October 2018 - Thursday 25th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-5-41
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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