Record ID: NLM-4C6482
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron fragment. An iron plate with a rounded outer edge and concave sides, broken diagonally across its narrowest side. The material was tested with a magnet and responds strongly, so must be ferrous metal, though it displays no active corrosion whatsoever. A simple vegetal motif of a five branched sprig appears on the display face in a sunken triangular panel: though this appears as a hammered design, Dr Kevin Leahy kindly comments that it is cast. The back is flat. The object has rounded edges and fracture surfaces, and in this its condition is reminiscent of water-rolled materi…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: DENO-4AF4B6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, flat, rectangular piece of lead of uncertain date, with a series of apparently random lines incised onto both faces. All edges smooth, but one narrow end appears sharper, perhaps the result of having been cut. Length 36.3mm, width 26.1mm, thickness 1.8mm, and weight 19.69g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-4A5979
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object, cast copper alloy hemisphere, oval-sectioned hollow cast, deeper internal hollow at the apex with a tiny perforation (damage or casting fault). A rectangular flat-sectioned lug projects from the flat surface of the mouth, one shorter than the other, both with a rounded and irregular probable break at the end. The object bears some resemblance to sword caps or pommels but its purpose is uncertain. Height 16.5mm. Width 29mm. 17mm thick. Thickness of casting at mouth 2-5mm. Weighs 21.49g. Date uncertain, probably ancient.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th July 2018
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Record ID: DENO-496350
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified, dark grey stone object (similar to slate), now in two pieces (probably a recent break). It shows evidence of working, with flat facets along its length, and both ends displaying signs of having been worked into points. Reminiscent of a stylus. Length of the two pieces together 66.8mm, width 4.8mm. weight 3.03g
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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