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PIN
Unique ID: NMS-99743C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete Middle Bronze Age pin. The flaring head has a slight chamfer at the upper edge and the top is very slightly concave. Below the head there is a band of multiple fine incised lines and three broad bands of multiple incised oblique lines (those in the central band are reversed), the lower edge of this decoration is damaged where the pin is slightly bent and the rest of the circular-sectioned shaft is undecorated with the terminal broken in antiquity and now worn smooth. Extant length (unbent) 49.5mm. Diameter of head 5.5mm. Weighs 2.85g.
Unlike the large 'Picardy' pins of the Middle Bronze Age, this small pin has no swelling on the shaft. However, as with Picardy pins, it is likely to belong to the 'Ornament horizon' phase of the late Taunton or early Penard phase of the later mid Bronze Age, approximately 1400-1250 BC.
(Finder's number DW7-97)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1400 BC
Date to: Circa 1250 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.5 mm
Weight: 2.85 g
Diameter: 5.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th December 2017 - Monday 8th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51091
Other reference: KLMD012018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Other
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Narborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7310
Four figure Latitude: 52.66011745
Four figure longitude: 0.55651466
1:25K map: TF7310
1:10K map: TF71SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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