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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: PUBLIC-865671
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A book fitting/furnishing made of copper alloy. The fitting is rectangular in shape, bent at about a 120 degree angle. At either end is a club-like projection with three circles engraved into them. The front face is engraved. At either end of the rectangle, a horizontal line is engraved going straight across. Six circles are engraved going in a line down the rectangle - each circle has a thin outer circle and a smaller circle in the centre. The last three circles have been corroded and damaged, and so are not entirely visible. A line is engraved vertically either side of the circles. In the bottom right of the rectangle is a hole punched through - likely where the fitting was fastened to the book. On th top right of the rectangle, there is a thing outline of a circle - though it is not punched through. On the reverse face there are no engravings. It is scratched and damaged.
If the fitting was not bent, it would be about 66mm in length.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
To be known as: Freiston area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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