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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-12AB16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy belt mount in the form of a stylised scallop shell with a single separate rivet. The reverse is slightly hollow. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1083, but with fewer radial filed grooves (six rather than twelve). Height 13mm. Width 18.5mm. Thickness 3mm. length of rivet 5.8mm. c.1400 - c.1450.
TL field
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 13 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Monday 30th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58946
Other reference: SET092013
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: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wymondham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1196
Four figure Latitude: 52.52100582
Four figure longitude: 1.10864136
1:25K map: TM1196
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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