Record ID: NMS-598C53
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman copper-alloy spoon of Crummy Type 3, consisting of a short length of the stem and a tiny fragment of the bowl, connected at an offset junction. The stem is rectangular, nearly square, in cross-section. When considered from the side, with the concave face of the bowl facing upwards, the stem can be said to taper gently in thickness and expand abruptly in width as it develops into the junction. On the top there is step-up of about a millimetre, and then another, followed by a low rectangular slot or notch, and then arguably two step-downs, now very rounded by wear. At…
Created on: Monday 19th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-03E593
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete unlooped copper-alloy Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead. The H-shaped hafting channels at the butt are in good condition, with most of the original edges surviving on all four flanges. The butt narrows before a worn transverse break. The (abraded) stop ridge is slightly higher than the flanges. The septum is 57.1mm long. Beneath the stop ridge on both faces is a moulded shield-shaped pattern, bisected by a prominent longitudinal ridge creating a trident pattern. The ridges fade before the cutting edge. The crescentic cutting edge is jagged and abraded. There are no ca…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-052BEC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early-medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) cruciform brooch. The object consists of the zoomorphic foot below two transverse moulded ribs. Immediately above the ribs is a worn transverse break. The creature is heavily stylised, moulded pellets for eyes below two thin incised grooves representing brows. The face flattens before opening out into two flat and semi-circular nostrils which are wider than the rest of the head. The nostrils are separated by a ridge - the snout - which begins at the midpoint between the eyes and runs longitudinally, before terminating in a bifurcat…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-B23AFB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy finger ring, complete though the stone is missing, stirrup-shaped with three bosses on both shoulders, each with many tiny D-shaped punched impressions. The cross-section of the hoop is D-shaped, though the inner face is very slightly convex. The bezel contains off-white fixative. The form is quite close to that of a gold example from Essex (ESS-98F924). External diameter 22.7 - 25.1mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Thickness 1.5 - 3.2mm. 13th century.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-971FE2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy spur buckle comprising an almost circular frame and integral plate, with a missing pin. The outside edge is quite straight and is without decoration. There is a small lateral projection on both sides to mark the junction of frame and plate. The latter is parallel-sided and, unusually, hollow-backed. There is a pin hole between the projections, and two slightly larger rivet holes including one in the centre of a fleur-de-lis knop which forms the inside edge. Length 51.5mm. Width of frame 17mm, of plate 9mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D76F0B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of medieval to post-medieval Late Medieval and Transitional pottery (Jennings 1981, 61-2), pale reduced with pinkish surfaces and external copper glaze, weight 6g, mid 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D79CE5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twisted rod handle sherd of a medieval to post-medieval Late Medieval and Transitional pottery jug (Jennings 1981, 61-2), pale reduced with pinkish surfaces and copper glaze, weight 82g, diameter of cross-section c.26mm, mid 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D7E350
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of a post-medieval Glazed Red Earthenware pottery bowl, with internal and external lead glaze, and some external sooting, diameter not accurately measurable, weight 10g, mid 16th century - 17th century..
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D80212
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of a medieval Grimston ware pottery bowl, reduced, with external lead glaze, weight 2g, 14th century - 15th century..
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-75FD57
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near complete Mesolithic to Neolithic adze. Grey mottled flint with thin chocolate brown patination, one patch of light coloured weathered cortex remaining on dorsal face. The object is triangular sectioned and in slightly rolled condition and appears to have been the sea for some time. Although largely undamaged there is part of the cutting edge missing so it is unclear if this is a tranchet axe of the Mesolithic period or an adze of the Neolithic period. The writer favours the latter. Dimnesions 125 x 47 x 25mm
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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