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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: NMS-871612

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Undated scrap of gold sheet from unidentified object, sub-rectangular, curved and broken, partly molten, face with traces of two oblique lines of tiny punched ovals converging at one end. Clearly ancient although undatable. >15 x >17mm. Weighing 2.10g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 15 mm
Weight: 2.1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Sedgeford

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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

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