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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-E72930
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy button with an broken integral drilled loop: a biconical, hollow openwork head with a small central nipple and engraved lines between six triangular perforations on the front face, and with six perforations on the rear face. Comparable with Baart et al. 1977, 185, no. 235, Margeson 1993, 20-2, fig. 11 no. 102 and Read 2005, 30, no. 93. Diameter 11mm. Extant length 14mm. 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2016 - Wednesday 8th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 21862
Other reference: AMD062016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hethersett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1505
Four figure Latitude: 52.6002284
Four figure longitude: 1.17333223
1:25K map: TG1505
1:10K map: TG10NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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