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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: LIN-7A4503
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting, possibly of late Iron Age to early medieval date (c. 100 BC - 1100). The object is rectangular in form and sub-spherical in cross section and is incomplete. One end has three wedge-shaped, sub-spherical projections, which probably would have formed a loop of which is now missing. The latter forks at the end and terminates in an old break. The object is flat on the front and reverse, with a slight elevation on one side at the forked end. A wide groove runs down the centre of the forked end. This object parallels no. LANCUM-EDDD86.
Length: 36 mm; Width: 27 mm; Thickness: 4 mm; Weight: 16.62 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 16.62 g
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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: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Osbournby area
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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