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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: WREX-1121ED
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy bird, possibly a raven, possibly from a post medieval tobacco jar dating c.1600-1800AD or a gaming piece. The bird is sitting on an oval base with a groove running around the middle. There is no obvious means by which it could be attached to the lid of a tobacco jar since the base of the object appears to be have been worn smooth. It may therefore have been used as a gaming piece. There are traces of copper on the right wing and right eye of the bird.
Length: 23.4mm; width: 10.9mm; height: 21.9mm; weight: 24g
A very similar example can been seen on the database LANCUM-E0AAD1
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 1600
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.4 mm
Height: 21.9 mm
Width: 10.9 mm
Weight: 24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 18th June 2018 - Monday 17th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 170918/9
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bodfari
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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