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BUTTON

Unique ID: NMS-DC7967

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post-medieval copper alloy button with an integral drilled loop: biconical, hollow openwork head with a small central nipple and engraved lines between six triangular perforations on the front face , and with six similar perforations on the rear face. Comparable with Baart et al. 1977, 185, no.235, Margeson 1993, 20-2, fig. 11 no.102 and Read 2005, 30, no. 93. Diameter 11mm. Length 16.5mm. 16th century.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 16.5 mm
Diameter: 11 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2012 - Monday 12th November 2012

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 4586
Other reference: KLMD112012

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Oxborough (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF7502
Four figure Latitude: 52.587632
Four figure longitude: 0.58182
1:25K map: TF7502
1:10K map: TF70SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Baart, J.	1977	Opgravingen in Amsterdam: 20 jaar stadskernonderzoek	Amsterdam	Fibula-Van Dishoeck	185	235
Margeson, S.	1993	Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78	Norwich	East Anglian Archaeology	20-2	fig.11 no. 102
Read, B.	2005	Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	30	13

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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