NMS-73FA80: Medieval incomplete sword quillons

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SWORD

Unique ID: NMS-73FA80

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete Medieval copper alloy sword quillons (approximately half surviving), short with slight down-curve and very slightly expanded terminal, rectangular-sectioned, broken across the perforation for the tang. The surviving end of the aperture is a pointed-oval on the lower face to accommodate the blade and has a straight offset of 12mm (of half thickness, 5mm) on the upper or hilt face. Cf. LMMC, Fig.4, no.2. 13th century.

Class: annular

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 12 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007

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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: Swanton Abbott

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
London Museum	1940	London Museum Medieval Catalogue	London	HMSO	Fig.4, no.2.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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