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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: SUSS-DBE1FF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy sheet plate from a Post-Medieval strap clasp or book fitting, probably dating to circa AD 1400-1600. The piece is a rectangular strip of copper alloy sheet with two rivet holes at the corners of one end. The other end has a short protrusion, which would have been part of the clasp element. Both sides are plain.
Measurements: length: 37.38mm, width: 27.23mm, thickness: 0.90mm and weight: 5.21g
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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.38 mm
Width: 27.23 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 5.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Arun
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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