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A lump of corroded copper alloy, purpose and date unknown
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Chris Edbury, 2013-01-21 14:28:27
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A lump of corroded copper alloy, purpose and date unknown
Description
English: A copper alloy 'lump' weighing 34.84g. It's use and dating is ambiguous as there is nothing to date it - it could date from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period. It may be casting waste.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
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FindID: 538979
Old ref: BERK-53EB11
Filename: 53EB11.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/412755
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/412755/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/538979
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Object location52° 46′ 09.84″ N, 1° 18′ 05.76″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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