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PURSE
Unique ID: NMS-F31C10
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy central swivelling loop and shank from a medieval purse frame. On both sides of the loop two transverse grooves and five (on one side) and six oblique grooves (on the other). All were once inlaid with niello which remains in four. Ward Perkins 1940, Type A. Height 58mm. Width 17.5mm. c.1450 - c.1500.
3 hours of seaching on stubble.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 58 mm
Width: 17.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 17th September 2014 - Wednesday 17th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 40446
Other reference: AMD112014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
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: TG1002
Four figure Latitude: 52.57525209
Four figure longitude: 1.09771827
1:25K map: TG1002
1:10K map: TG10SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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