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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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