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MACE
Unique ID: NMS-55DB03
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy mace head, circular (diameter 30mm, excluding projection), heavily cast with one surviving projecting blunt rectangular pyramid at surviving edge, slightly irregular circular central perforation. Height >18mm. Cf. examples from Burgh with Tuttington (c.TG 2329 2623, includes SMR 33592) and Saham Toney (HER 34101). A broadly similar 'probably medieval' mace head (with two rows of pyramidal projections) from Lidgate, Suffolk is illustrated in Evans (1881 The Ancient Bronze Objects, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland fig.339) and parallels are known from Central Europe and the Balkans, in particular, a number of 13th-15th century examples from Hungary illustrated in Nicolle (1999 Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era 1050-1350, Western Europe and the Crusader States, 317 and 520, nos.861a-c), see also Daubney in Geake (2005), 334 and 336-7, fig.5.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2007 - Thursday 31st January 2008
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 25724
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Barnham Broom
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans, J. | 1881 | The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland | London | Longmans, Green & Co | |||
| Geake, H. | 2005 | Medieval Britain and Ireland in 2004: Portable Antiquities Scheme report | Leeds | Maney | |||
| Nicolle, D. | 1999 | Arms & Armour of the Crusading Era 1050-1350: Western Europe and the Crusader States. | London | Greenhill |
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