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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-B373CA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy binding strip from a box or casket, comprising a narrow D-sectioned bar, broken at one end and with a scallop-shaped terminal and separate rivet at the other. Cf. NMS-D97C7D and NLM-A7BCE8. Extant length 28.8mm. Width of terminal 9.7mm. Width of bar 3.2mm. Thickness 1.8mm. 12th - early 13th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1225
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.8 mm
Width: 9.7 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th November 2015 - Monday 12th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61785
Other reference: SB022017
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: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Beachamwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7405
Four figure Latitude: 52.61489442
Four figure longitude: 0.56865148
1:25K map: TF7405
1:10K map: TF70NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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