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TWEEZERS
Unique ID: NMS-C1719A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Bent and incomplete pair of Early Saxon copper alloy tweezers, broken below missing loop, end of blade inturned. Decoration on the face consists of two groups of three engraved transverse lines set at both ends of chamfered sides on the upper part of the arm, below which the sides of the blades are bordered by multiple punched dots. Width, expands from 6mm at the break to 9mm at inturned terminal. Extant length (unbent) 50.5mm. 1.3mm thick. c.450-c.550 AD.
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 450
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.5 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 3.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th March 2019 - Thursday 14th March 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 63182
Other reference: ENMD032019
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Foulsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0325
Four figure Latitude: 52.78438563
Four figure longitude: 1.00873576
1:25K map: TG0325
1:10K map: TG02NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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