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PURSE
Unique ID: NMS-6FAB58
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy L- or angular C-sectioned pendent frame from a purse, broken at both ends, with two attachment holes. The front face is engraved with a diagonal double-line lattice in which no niello has survived. One end is distorted. On the edges of the reverse near the other end there are two opposed pairs of notches and two single. Extant length c.60mm. c.1450 - c.1500.
Finder's no. 422
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th December 2017 - Friday 15th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62266
Other reference: NMD012018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Swannington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1318
Four figure Latitude: 52.71770473
Four figure longitude: 1.15223877
1:25K map: TG1318
1:10K map: TG11NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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