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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NMS-D3A121
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval to post-medieval unidentified object, a flat, square copper alloy plate with rocker-arm engraving around all four edges on one face and a diagonal band of solder corner to corner on the other. There is some similarity to the plate of a double sharp-hooked clasp of Read 2008, early post-medieval Class S, Type 1, but there is no central rivet. 18.7 x 18.2 x 1mm. Perhaps mid 15th - mid 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.7 mm
Width: 18.2 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th December 2015 - Monday 12th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 20388
Other reference: SB022017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Barton Bendish (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7105
Four figure Latitude: 52.61584643
Four figure longitude: 0.52438686
1:25K map: TF7105
1:10K map: TF70NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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