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COSMETIC SET
Unique ID: NMS-F37064
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval tweezers, perhaps from a cosmetic set, two bent and broken blades (width 5mm) pierced by copper alloy rivet with two external roves. Extant length 46mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard (2002), fig.251, nos.1755-6. 13th-14th century.
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th October 2017 - Wednesday 15th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 42714
Other reference: AHS112017
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wacton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1791
Four figure Latitude: 52.47377212
Four figure longitude: 1.19367553
1:25K map: TM1791
1:10K map: TM19SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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