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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy possibly post-medieval (AD c.1500-c.1700) unidentified object. Overall, the object measures 34.4mm long, 35.5mm wide and 11.9mm thick. It weighs 15.18g.The object has two distict parts - 1) a semi-circular area measuring 21.8mm long, 35.5mm wide and 4.9mm thick and 2) a projection perpendicular to the straight edge of the semi-circle, broken at its end, measuring 12.8mm long, 16.2mm wide and 7.1mm thick.Obverse: The semi-circular part (part 1) has a raised lip all the way around it. The area within this is recessed and filled with sub-circular indents, arranged in four concentric semi-circles. Some of these indents have a further small circular indent at their centres. Two of the sub-circular indents are filled with pale green copper corrosion. The broken projection (part 2) has a raised surface compared to the surface of the semi-circular area. It also has raised lips along its side edges. The entire surface of the obverse is quite rough.The reverse is fairly smooth and flat, except for some pale green iron corrosion and a bent semi-cylindrical protrusion near the edge of the semi-circular part (part 1) of the object, also pale green. There are traces of another protrusion near the centre of the semi-circular area's straight edge. These protrusions are aligned with the filled indents on the obverse. The reverse of the projection (part 2) is convex so that it is semi-circular/U-shaped in section.The sub-circular indents and the protrusions on the reverse perhaps indicate that this is part of a mould.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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