Record ID: NMS-FE52BD - EARLY MEDIEVAL pin

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Unique ID: NMS-FE52BD

Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete copper alloy early Saxon pin. Long tapering triangular-shaped flat head with a straight sided shaft, bent and broken at its thin end. Unusually the pin is wrought. The shaft has either been partially rolled or the edges of both long sides have been hammered-in. Either way a central gully has been formed on each face. The wide upper flat part at the head of the pin has a central circular suspension hole with a triangular notch missing through damage to the adjacent side. Decoration is engraved on both faces of the pin head consisting of a series of transverse lines set with two saltire crosses within, one above the other. The entire square end of the pin has multiple perpendicular grooves on both faces giving it a serrated profile. Closest parallel is Ross class XV.i.a Spatulate-expanded-headed-sub-triangular type. Circa 6th century AD.

Class: Ross Class XV
Sub class: i.a

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Width: 8.5 mm
Weight: 4.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd April 2018 - Monday 2nd April 2018

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 28370
Other reference: IND01062018GC

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Barnham Broom (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG0807
Four figure Latitude: 52.62090429
Four figure longitude: 1.07138893
1:25K map: TG0807
1:10K map: TG00NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Ross, S.	1992	Dress Pins From Anglo-Saxon England: Their Production and Typo-Chronological Development	Unpublished	Unpublished	184

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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