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BELL

Unique ID: PUBLIC-53FCE1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Roman copper alloy clapper bell. It is a hollow cone with a circular suspension loop at the top. The bell is decorated with raised lines around the bottom and a ridge below the loop a small indentation on bottom rim.. Insidethere seems to be the remains of an iron clapper. Dates to between c43 and c410 AD. A similar object can be found in Crummy, N. (1995) Colchester Archaeological Report 2, Colchester Archaeological Trust, no. 4168.

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
Length: 15 mm
Height: 15 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 2.14 g
Diameter: 14 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Near Wragby

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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