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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-130DB2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete enamel inlaid copper alloy pointed-oval mount, probably from a hanging bowl, rather more than half surviving. The break is not recent. Small amounts of inlay remain. The design is in enamel, a six-strand spiral arranged clockwise, yellow, blue and red. The three more complete strands broaden out to straight terminals, beyond which are three ovoid cells (one with red enamel). The thickness of the metal is fairly consistent but increases at the extant pointed end. The front surface is flat except at this end, while the reverse is gently convex. There is no evidence for the method of attachment.
Extant length 40mm. Estimated length c.60mm. Width 28mm. Thickness 2.8 - 5.7mm. Weight 19.80g.
This oval form is very unusual, cf. a hook-mount from Faversham, Kent (Bruce Mitford 2005, cat. no. 39; Brenan 1991, cat. no. 26 ), and no good parallel has been noted for the design. The convex reverse suggests that, if this is a vessel mount, it must have been set on the interior. Late 6th - 7th century.
Class: hanging bowl
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 575
Date to: Circa AD 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 19.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th April 2013 - Saturday 6th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 57218
Other reference: SC032015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Langley with Hardley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3800
Four figure Latitude: 52.54578725
Four figure longitude: 1.5087113
1:25K map: TG3800
1:10K map: TG30SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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