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STYLUS
Unique ID: NMS-76B8F8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Middle Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy stylus, circular-section shaft hipped at a point one-third of its length from the point. A slight collar separates the expanded eraser from the shaft. The eraser bears a triangular panel of interlace decoration in the style typical of the eighth century. Some damage has occurred to its spatulate end.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 720
Date to: AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2005
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Pentney
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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