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Record ID: NMS-BBB5A6
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five incomplete medieval to post-medieval writing leads, Biddle 1990, 746, unclassified. All with proximal end missing. 12th - 16th century: - bent, round-sectioned and parallel-sided, extant length 61mm, diameter 5mm. - bent, round-sectioned and parallel-sided, extant length 61mm, diameter 5.5mm. - round-sectioned and parallel-sided, extant length 40mm, diameter 5mm. - bent, round-sectioned and parallel-sided, extant length 39mm, diameter 4.7mm. - lozenge-sectioned, 11.5 x 9.5mm, extant length 33mm. Writing leads like this follow the traditional shape of…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-BB7797
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy halfpenny token issued by William Bryant of Newmarket issued AD 1669. See: Williamson, no. 157.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BB5091
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three body sherds of local medieval unglazed reduced pottery, weight 11g, mid 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BB3857
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of a Roman greyware pottery jar, weight 4g, mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BAF14C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative hinged brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type CD H 3.d dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The cylindrical wings are partly moulded with bead and reel at each tip. They house the copper alloy axis bar for the hinged pin whcih remains, housed in the central pin slot. The bow tapers from the head to foot and exhibits a pair of moulded ridges running down the centre. See: Mackreth, D.F, 2011, Vol. I, p. 85.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: NMS-BA9224
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three post-medieval copper alloy buttons, each consisting of a solid plano-convex head of grey metal and an embedded wire loop, 17th century: - incomplete loop. Diameter 16mm, head thickness 4mm. - central nipple. Diameter 12.5mm, head thickness 5.5mm. - diameter 11.5mm, head thickness 4mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BA80E8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, faceted conical handle with pierced collared trefoil terminal. Oval, 22 x 18mm. Height 26mm. A sleeping lion below two branches with a squirrel above. * WAKE ME NO MAN : (both N's are retrograde). 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BA7353
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two post-medieval copper alloy buttons, both comprising a solid bi-convex head and an integral non-drilled loop, 16th century: - loop blocked by decayed iron, diameter 11mm, length 15mm. - diameter 12.5mm, length 15.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BA5F84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger ring of Henig's Type VIII dating to the period c. AD 200 - 300. Circular bezel with a conical pale turquoise glass insert. Narrow concave-sided shoulders on either side, expanding at the top of the hoop with two transverse grooves on either side. The hoop tapers towards the bottom and exhibits a pronounced mid-rib. See also: DENO-988F0C.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: NMS-BA57DB
Object type: STAPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy probable staple, a lozengiform plate with both ends missing. Similar to but larger than an example from Meols (Egan, G. in Griffiths et al 2007, no. 3776 and SF-9E1AED). Date unknown, but apparently not recent. Extant length 32.5mm. Width 14mm. Thickness 1.2mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2019
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Record ID: NMS-BA2CE2
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy stud or mount, an apparently flat circular head, now distorted, on an integral round-sectioned (bent) shank which tapers to a point. The gilt front of the head is engraved with six evenly spaced radial lines. Probably from a harness rather than a belt. Diameter 18mm. Length c.22mm. Diameter of rivet at top 4mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B9FED4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just over half of a medieval to post-medieval white-metal coated copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, with a slight lobe at the ends of the bar. Estimated length 33mm. Width 18.3mm. 15th - mid 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 6th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B9D3EE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy buckle, most of one edge with the stump of one side of a double-looped frame with oblique engraved grooves, cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 342. Extant width 33mm. First half 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B9A8AD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn medieval copper alloy English jetton of dating to the period c. AD 1280 - 1345. The obverse design is indiscernible. Reverse: long cross pattee surrounded by a border of dots. It has been pierced in four places around the arms of the reverrse cross.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: NMS-B7EC0A
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ovoid copper alloy end-cap from a medieval scale-tang knife, with a central round perforation (diameter 2mm). Similar in form to Cowgill et al. 1997, no. 119, but larger, cf. ibid. no. 139. 20.7 x 17mm. Second half 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B7C411
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About one quarter of a medieval copper annular brooch frame broken at one end across a pin hole. Both faces are flat and there is no decoration. External and internal diameters 25 and 11.5mm. Thickness 1.3mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B79F62
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with an offset, narrowed bar and the straight edge recessed between two knops for a (missing) sheet roller. Very similar to Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 298. Length 19mm. Width 22.5mm. Second half 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B78692
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet copper alloy "paper-clip" rivet, 23 x 16mm, and a fragment of copper alloy sheet, width 18mm, both edns broken, with one end folded over though 180 degrees to obscure the heads of two small "paper-clip" rivets. Such objects were most commonly used for the repair of metal vessels. Most are likely to date to the medieval or post-medieval period, but some are earlier, such as examples from Late Saxon contexts at Flixborough (Rogers, N. in Evans and Loveluck 2009, 115-7). c.1300 - c.1700.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B77385
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and heavily clipped late medieval silver penny of uncertain ruler dating to the period c. AD 1377 - 1509. Mint of Durham.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B7604D
Object type: TRIAL PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete probably medieval lead trial piece, a flat, trapezoidal plate with finished long edges and both ends missing. Part of a round impression across one long edge and truncated by a break consists of a central equal-armed simple cross within a circle surrounded by a ring of short radial lines. Part of another round impression survives next to the other break. Extant length 27.5mm. Extant width 14.5 - 16.5mm. Thickness 3 - 4mm. Perhaps 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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