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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NMS-D04002
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy handle from an unidentified tool or implement with the remains of an iron tang within a split socket. At the proximal end a knopped terminal is decorated with six oblique notches. The main body is of rectangular cross-section but decorated on both broad faces with two rows of closely spaced ovoid, round-based notches. These cease at the start of the socket. That only a 12mm length of the tang is embedded in the socket and that there are no rivets suggest the implement was not used for any very robust purpose. Several similar handles with terminals of various designs have been recorded in Norfolk (see NMS-8572C8 and NMS-98D121).
Length 72mm. Width 8.5mm. Thickness 5.5mm. The main body tapers slightly from the collar towards the socket (width 6.8 - 4.2mm, thickness 6.2 - 3.5mm).
17th - 18th 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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 72 mm
Width: 8.5 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th February 2014 - Wednesday 12th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 32286
Other reference: DL022014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Taverham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1612
Four figure Latitude: 52.66266266
Four figure longitude: 1.19264786
1:25K map: TG1612
1:10K map: TG11SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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