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PURSE
Unique ID: NMS-692715
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval purse bar, comprising circular-sectioned bar with constriction that passes through a separate tubular terminal with rounded end and retains perforated fragment of the terminal from a separate frame. The bar is broken at the other end (central boss and other half missing) and projects from the open mouth of a very stylised animal head, and is decorated with oblique double engraved lines inlaid with niello forming lozengiform cross-hatching, lower flange for suspension is broken across one of two perforations. >81 x >12mm. LMMC (1967) Type A1, plate 33, 164-5. Late 15th century.
Class:
bar
Sub class: Williams Class A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 81 mm
Width: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st June 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Wymondham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Museum | 1940 | London Museum Medieval Catalogue | London | HMSO | Type A1, plate 33, 164-5. |
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