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A Medieval Thimble
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Susheela Burford, 2020-09-02 16:36:09
Title
A Medieval Thimble
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy ring thimble dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1500). The object is circular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. The ring of the thimble has four rows of circular pits across the outer surface. The inner surface is flat and undecorated. The thimble may indicate a left hand thread.

The overall dimensions are as follows: 9.4mm in length, 22.1mm in diameter, 1.2mm in thickness and 2.8g in weight. 
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 1300 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 1002894
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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/1114594
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1114594/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1002894
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 12 November 2020)
Object location52° 37′ 13.44″ N, 1° 51′ 19.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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