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MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-3BFC47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy rectangular openwork anthropomorphic mount. It is broken across the stumps of both sides at the upper end. The body carries a knight and a lady with arms outstretched embracing, cast in relief, slightly hollow-backed, with a flange at the foot with twin rivet-holes, one of which retains a domed copper alloy rivet. The lady faces left and is wearing a long gown and the knight a hooded knee-length mail hauberk. He carries a sword on his left side. The detail is worn and corroded although traces of angular features and mail survive. There are traces of white metal coating on the obverse.
A similar example, also from Norfolk is recorded on the PAS database: NMS-ACB2D4
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.6 mm
Width: 16.4 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Tuesday 18th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61593
Other reference: IND25102016E14451
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Aldeby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM4792
Four figure Latitude: 52.47000851
Four figure longitude: 1.63522821
1:25K map: TM4792
1:10K map: TM49SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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