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PURSE
Unique ID: NMS-DB82AC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Worn and corroded medieval to post-medieval copper alloy purse bar, undecorated rectangular boss with vertical break along the perforated for the missing loop, two joining halves, bar with wrythen decorated terminals, of LMMC Type B3. Length 24mm. Height of boss 10mm, width 12mm, thickness 7.5mm. c.1500 - c.1550.
Class: LMMC Type B3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Height: 10 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 13th December 2017 - Wednesday 10th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 34840
Other reference: AMD012018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Bintree (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9924
Four figure Latitude: 52.77689618
Four figure longitude: 0.94890106
1:25K map: TF9924
1:10K map: TF92SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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