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NMS143: dolphin BROOCH

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS143

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Dolphin brooch, wings with transverse mouldings, fully enclosed, fragment of iron axis-bar within. Circular-sectioned bow has three engraved transverse lines. Foot, pin and catch-plate missing. 21 x (at least) 22mm.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: dolphin -

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 31759

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: NORFOLK OXBOROUGH

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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