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NMS-160212: Late Bronze Age button

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BUTTON

Unique ID: NMS-160212

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Late Bronze Age copper alloy ‘button’, circular with damaged outside edge, concave with convex domed centre, hollow on reverse with integral transverse bar of irregular oval section forming loop. Diameter c.36mm. cf. Inventaria Archaeologica, G.B.17.3 (3), nos.26-7; G.B.52, no.8 and G.B.55.10 (2) no.41.

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1150 BC
Date to: 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 36 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 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: Breckland (District)
To be known as: Great Ellingham

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
Hawkes, C.F.C. 1955 Inventaria Archaeologica (1st set GB 1-8) London Garraway Ltd. G.B.17.3 (3), nos.26-7; G.B.52, no.8 and G.B.55.10

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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