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CRUCIFIX
Unique ID: NLM-099DA0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy crucifix. A probably die-stamped crucifix with the stub of a suspension loop. The cross has a plain border and bears the draped body of Christ crucified in low relief, as are all features; a skull and crossbones at the foot indicates Golgotha [place of the skull], the Biblical name for Calvary. On the back the word MISSION extends along the cross-bar. At one end of the word is a hammer, and at the other pliers; a crown of thorns is set on the upper beam. The Instruments of The Passion were the particular subject of Catholic devotion, so this object is likely to date to after Catholic Emancipation (1829), which legalised the practice of that faith in Britain. Many Irishmen worked in Lincolnshire as migrant labourers in agriculture and industry, and most were Roman Catholic. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1830-1900
Height: 39.7mm, Width: 22.5mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 2.60gms
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 1830
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 39.7 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41239
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wyham cum Cadeby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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