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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NMS-357A25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy finger ring, a flat oval bezel and a length of flat-sectioned hoop, both ends broken and the whole partly straightened. Two areas of patination have been lost. The hoop is decorated with line of punched ring-and-dot impressions and the bezel with three or four more. Width 3.8 and 8.8mm. 10th - 11th century.
Field T3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 8.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2016 - Thursday 31st March 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33431
Other reference: SET032016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Tacolneston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1494
Four figure Latitude: 52.50188446
Four figure longitude: 1.1515025
1:25K map: TM1494
1:10K map: TM19SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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