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PURSE
Unique ID: GLO-970A8C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy purse bar arm fragment that has a circular cross-section, the outside edge is decorated with double hatched recessed lines that are infilled with niello. On the underside is a long thin rectangular tab that has two pierced holes from which elements of the purse would have been suspended. Finally, both end of the bar is truncated resulting in the loss of the tip from one side and the central swivel block from the other.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Height: 11 mm
Width: 6 mm
Weight: 13.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2018 - Sunday 1st September 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Salwarpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8761
Four figure Latitude: 52.24702439
Four figure longitude: -2.19182894
1:25K map: SO8761
1:10K map: SO86SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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