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PIPE TAMPER
Unique ID: NMS-1AFFD6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy combination pipe tamper and signet ring. The flat, oval bezel / seal matrix depicts a heart pierced by an arrow between the letters S (retrograde) and I (with a mid-stem cross bar). There is an encircling groove above the base of the conical tamper shank and a collar of three ribs at the top. A standard type with numerous examples on this database (e.g. SWYOR-D0A4F1). Overall length 48mm. Tamper width 6.5mm. Internal diameter of ring 18.5 - 20mm. External diameter / width 20.8mm. Bezel 16.5 x 15mm. 17th century.
Inscription:
S I
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 20.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th January 2014 - Monday 10th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51091
Other reference: KLMD122014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Narborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7310
Four figure Latitude: 52.66011745
Four figure longitude: 0.55651466
1:25K map: TF7310
1:10K map: TF71SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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