NMS-324D25: Romano-British fragment of unidentified object

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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: NMS-324D25

Object type certainty: Certain
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Fragment of Romano-British unidentified object, animal head (?bear) cast in the round with flat base that projects forward from the foot of a backward curving concave-sided ‘plate’with slight bordering ridges, broken at flaring upper edge, 15 x >29mm.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 15 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Hindringham

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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