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Description: | A gold fragment of parallel sided strip or ribbon. The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a sheet of gold. One side of the ribbon is decorated with four regular, longitudinal, incised grooves. The other side of the ribbon is plain with some light scratches. The ribbon is slightly contorted indicating that the ribbon may have been folded and then un-folded. The damage is not new. One end has a neat, flat-ended terminal with sharp 90 degree corners implying the original finish. There is a circular perforation located 1.54mm from this end of the ribbon which is slightly off-centre. The diameter of the perforation is 0.98mm. On the decorated side of the ribbon, the perforation is surrounded by a lip and on the back of the ribbon it is surrounded by a shallow recess indicating that the perforation was punched through from the reverse side. The opposing end of the ribbon is also square-shaped but the edge is a little rough creating uncertainty as to whether this end of the ribbon has snapped or been deliberately cut.A similar grooved, parallel-sided gold ribbon is recorded under treasure no 2007 T692. PAS: WAW-C0C0B3.The ribbon weighs 1.25g. Length is 41.19mm. Width is 5.11mm. Thickness is 0.88mm.The object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal and is more than 300 years old.The incised linear decoration of the strip can be paralleled on a number of gold strips and 'ribbons' of known and very probable Bronze Age date, particularly the recent find from Sherborne St John, Hampshire (2013 T154), which also had a single perforation to one and was decorated on only one side. The dimensions and weights of the bands are also comparable. The Tendering strip also bears comparison with gold strips from the The Hamel, Oxfordshire (Case 1981; Palmer 1981); Corringham, Lincolnshire (2011 T459); Sproxton, North Yorkshire (2010 T664); Flixton, North Yorkshire (2003 T40a&b); and Ansley, Warwickshire (2007 T672). The find from The Hamel, Oxfordshire, came from the same layer as typologically late Beaker pottery dating to the Early Bronze Age (cf. Needham 2005).Consequently if qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the 1996 Treasure Act in terms of both age and precious metal content.
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