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PURSE
Unique ID: NMS-B10DB7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of medieval/post medieval purse frame, broken, angular C-sectioned bar, broken at both ends. Convex face with part of curvilinear foliate motif and remains of inscription: ]T[ (probably originally inlaid with niello). Extant length 49.5mm. Width 8mm. Thickness 6.5mm at flange. 15th-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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.5 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 6.5 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: 22365
Other reference: KLMD012018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Other
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Feltwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7193
Four figure Latitude: 52.50807295
Four figure longitude: 0.51820444
1:25K map: TL7193
1:10K map: TL79SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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