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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-B3EBB8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete copper alloy medieval sexfoil mount with a central dome, dating to the period c. AD 1270-1450. The mount has been cast and trimmed to loose shape. Two rivet holes are present, placed in opposite lobes, no rivets surviving. Diameter: 15.42mm, thickness: 0.71mm, height: 4.69mm, weight: 0.62g
Similar to no. 959 and 961 in Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories, page 187 &189.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 4.69 mm
Thickness: 0.71 mm
Weight: 0.62 g
Diameter: 15.42 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Cordel
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Lakenheath
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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