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DIVIDERS
Unique ID: NMS-495BCB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete pair of post-medieval copper alloy dividers, both point missing.Below the rounded hinge casing there is a transverse rib on both arms. Decoration on two faces of the arms comprise corner notches and a pir of transverse grooves. Extant length 62mm. Cf. Baart et al. 1977, 490, nos. 963-4. Late 16th - 17th century.
Finders' number AA239
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 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 24th December 2014 - Wednesday 24th December 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60440
Other reference: E14425
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Deopham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0399
Four figure Latitude: 52.55097491
Four figure longitude: 0.99273419
1:25K map: TM0399
1:10K map: TM09NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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