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BALANCE

Unique ID: NMS-70D203

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete arm, probably from a folding balance, rounded perforated rectangular-sectioned terminal tapering and then expanding again to become rectangular-sectioned at a right-angle to the terminal, before the break. Bent, oblique file marks overall, iron corrosion in perforation. Surviving length (unbent) 78mm. Width at terminal 6mm. Thickness at terminal 1.5mm. Cf. Biddle (1990), fig.284. 13th-14th century.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 78 mm
Width: 6 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th January 2014 - Wednesday 19th February 2014

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 59675
Other reference: AHS022014

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL9889
Four figure Latitude: 52.4630323
Four figure longitude: 0.91314501
1:25K map: TL9889
1:10K map: TL98NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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

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