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Record ID: NMS-C2C4E1
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to post-medieval steelyard weight, made of lead with an iron core. It is sub-conical (not perfectly circular or oval). The iron core projects from the apex as an incomplete loop (now a mere pair of stumps terminating in worn breaks) and from the base, off-centre, as a small hemispherical protrusion. Not closely datable. 1st to 18th century. Diameter (at base): 38.4 x 34.9mm. Height: 36.6mm. Weight 130.4g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-5672C4
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and neck of an animal figurine, apparently a dog, of unknown date. It is made of lead and may be a model for a finished version in a more durable material. It begins with a worn transverse break across the neck, which is oval (near circular) in cross-section. It soon expands in thickness and nearly twice as much in width to form the head. The head is long and sleek, with prominent cheekbones and triangular outward- and rearward-pointing ears. The top of the cranium is vaguely lozenge-shaped and the eyes are suggested by hollows between the forward end of this and the cheekbones. T…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-54D07E
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small rectangular lead weight, probably an apothecary’s weight. The front bears a moulded design of five wedge-shaped ridges radiating from an off-centre point to meet a rectangular ridged frame at the edges, expanding in width as they go. Each ridge is of a different length and they are unequally spaced. The reverse is undecorated. No close parallels yet noted, but it's comparable to NMS-3F0FCA and NMS-3EED0D. 14th to 16th century. Length: 14.3mm. Width: 10.9mm. Thickness: 2.1mm. 2.27g, or approximately 35 apothecaries’ grains.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-136C85
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Boy Bishop token, penny size with Mitre/Long cross designs and legends SAnCTVS NIChOLAVS/ AVE REX GENTIS, c.1350-1530
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-07AA92
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval or modern lead seal. It is flat and originally circular (about forty percent is missing from one side) with a small, irregularly-shaped perforation or void near the original edge. One face bears an incomplete stamped geometric design, which is probably a Star of David, while the reverse is blank. The seal may be from meat or some other goods where similar restrictions apply, and denotes that the merchandise is kosher. 16th to 20th century. Diameter: 26.3mm. Thickness: 3.9mm. Weight: 8.4g
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A9C9C3
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Biconical lead steelyard weight, of probable Roman date, with an embedded U-shaped, circular cross-sectioned copper-alloy loop at the top. Another copper-alloy loop, also circular in cross-section, is linked to the first one. This is teardrop shaped, with one terminal coiled three times into a now vacant tube and the other terminating close to the tube’s lower-side opening. The coiled terminal seems likely to be broken and missing further coils if it was to suspend the weight securely. If this is the case, the break is worn. The upper and lower ‘halves’ of the weight are of…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E4B6BD
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy pencil of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The object is in the form of a rod with a sub-circular cross-section, tapering over the last centimetre to a blunted point. It is undecorated with a mid-grey patina. The object is 65.4mm long, 6.7mm in diameter and weighs 19.04g. Circa.AD 1200-1800 A stylus is a writing implement used to scratch letters into the wax of a writing tablet while a pencil makes a coloured mark on wood, paper or parchment. Lead alloy is rarely used for objects that appear to be conventional styli, with the majority of such objects most pro…
Created on: Friday 14th May 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-031DE5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified decorative lead object of probable medieval or post-medieval date. It was originally flat but is now somewhat distorted and partially folded double. The design is made in moulded relief and consists of two scrolling S-shapes (one retrograde) touching and facing each other in symmetry. The outside edges of these form the outer perimeter of the object as a whole. Each S-shape is composed of twin curving lines with a series of regularly spaced pellets in between. The forward-facing S-shape contains thirteen pellets and this appears to be mirrored in the retrograde one. Howev…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-DDE687
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, circular and nearly flat (slightly convex at the front and concave at the rear) with an unpierced lug at the top. Fleur-de-lis + S’ A…I PISTORIS (Seal of A…i Pistoris). 13th Century. Diameter: 28.5mm. Length (including lug): 36.0mm. Thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 14.0g
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E668C3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval two-part lead cloth seal. Disc two is stamped with a curvilinear motif forming at least three intertwined figures-of eight, within a circular beaded border. Only that part of the design that fell on the hammered rivet of disc one is preserved. A small trace of the beaded border remains visible extending into disc two proper, but elsewhere the rest of the design has been lost to wear or poor striking. The face of disc one is unstamped. 16th to early 18th century. Length: 27.4mm. Width: 18.7mm. Thickness: 4.6mm. Weight: 6g
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-FEC6BA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat with crudely incised letter E on reverse, no lug or handle. Circular, 35mm. Crook-like scrolling foliate sprig. + S’ AGNETE : WRME : (Seal of Agnes Worm). 13th century.
Created on: Friday 21st February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-97ADE7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval lead seal matrix dating to the period circa 1200-1300 AD. The object is a flat pointed oval or vesica shape with a pierced lug set on the reverse, which has now bent out of shape. The die contains a punched fleur de lis, depicted as stylised corn ears, as its central motif. The motif is set within a faintly inscribed surrounding oval border. Outside the border, the cut circumferential legend, following the shape of the seal, reads * S' EVFEMIERE' AVE (Seal of Eufemia ?). The metal has a white patina. Length: 29.5mm; Width: 22.5mm; Thickness (excluding lug): 1…
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-1BECA6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token, Medieval in date, on one side a shield-like device with a downward pointing chevron and a pellet in each compartment, various pellets outside the shield, on the other a long cross pattee with 3 pellets in each angle, a design clearly derived from the long cross sterlings of Edward I and his successors, there are four small piercings near the end of each arm of the cross, perhaps intended as attachment holes, suggesting a reuse, perhaps as a badge. The cross design would certainly have made an appropriate religious device, similar to the cross images on jettons that were tu…
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 25th October 2019
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Record ID: NMS-5E3DC4
Object type: CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small and crudely cast Medieval lead cross, with rounded edges and with a better defined narrow cross in relief on the face, of a class "of very basic, makeshift religious symbols almost unknown amongst urban assemblages" (Griffiths et al. 2007, 158). Width 23mm. Length 29mm. Thickness 3mm. Weighs 7.44g. Date uncertain, but probably 12th -15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5E1FA1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead two-part cloth seal, crowned portcullis within illegible inscription. Diam.22mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: NMS-2307F4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl of medieval or post medieval date (c. AD 1066 - 1700). Domed in form with a circular base, slightly faceted sides and off-centre vertical circular perforation. The based exhibits a circumferential groove. Spindle whorls can be difficult to date as, with some exceptions, the general form seems to have changed little over time. Spindle whorls of this form are generally assigned a medieval to post medieval date range.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2019
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Record ID: NMS-2C64CE
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal, 163... flanking crown above Stuart Royal Arms, flanked by C R. Diam. 17mm.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-FC38B2
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead figurine of probable post medieval date (c. AD 1550 - 1750). Moulded in three dimensions. The hair is worn in a bun, the facial feautes appear heavily worn. The left arm is crossed across the front of the torso, and bent upwards at the elbow. The right arm is crossed across the body, the hand covering the groin. Both legs terminate in old breaks and appear to have had a small gap between.
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F51383
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval two-disc lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1650 - 1750. Two circular discs pressed together. Dusc 1: Portcullis. Disc 2: blank. The connecting strip is missing.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-589248
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, two-part, circular, diameter 26mm. TA stamped // privy mark (clearly impressed on the rivet only). Late 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2017
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