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PLAQUE

Unique ID: NMS263

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Part of a rectangular lead plaque with inscription on both faces. 20-21mm wide & at least 39mm long, one end curled over & finishing in a ragged break. The inscription is inscribed in a cursive hand. On one face there are three lines of Latin text, with an initial cross & other crosses between words. The other face carries four lines of less firmly inscribed & smaller letters. The object has been examined by Paul & Elizabeth Rutledge who have kindly provided the following tentative transcription & comments: + applon + ……. appla + applon… + qam se rit……. + approb…+.. + ‘t appria…. Se…+ el….. Appria +….. None of this makes much sense but we wondered whether applon might be the Greek name of the king of Hell, in which case it could be a phylactery or amulet. Appollyon’s name appears among the names of power in a much later (17th-cent.) spell published in Norfolk Archaeol. 30 (1952), 169-77. Perhaps this is rather fanciful, however. The hand would seem right for the first half of the 14th cent.

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Inscription: + applon + ……. appla + applon… + qam se rit……. + approb…+.. + ‘t appria…. Se…+ el….. Appria +…..

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1540

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 21 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th February 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

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

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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

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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