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Record ID: NMS-D2C402
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About half of the flat circular frame of an early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy annular brooch, with an original diameter of c. 40mm. One break is across a neat rounded hole in the frame. This may be the pin hole, but on the reverse there is solder around the hole and it may possibly alternatively be a repair. There is also some iron corrosion on the reverse here, which could be from the pin. The frame is otherwise well preserved here, and at 6.1mm wide appears to retain its original width. The inner edge is 1.2mm thick and it tapers towards the outer edge which is 0.6mm thick. Th…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D16462
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy, probably a small piece of foot from an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The fragment is C-shaped in cross-section, hollow on the reverse, and is broken at both ends (one break fairly fresh and granular, the other more worn). At one end, the front has a bold moulding, 4-5mm deep and flat-topped, which is divided into two by an off-centre transverse groove. The overall surviving length is 21.1mm, maximum width 12.8mm and maximum thickness (at moulding) 6.0mm. It weighs 4.93g. It seems likely that this is one of the mouldings at the top of a horse's …
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D0E282
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and bow from an early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy small-long brooch. The flat, apparently undecorated headplate has a sub-rectangular central panel with three flat 'knobs', all of which appear to have been mushroom-shaped, or D-shaped above narrowed waists. This shape of headplate is often known as 'trefoil'. On the reverse of the headplate is a broken pin bar lug (worn breaks) with iron staining around it. All the edges of the headplate are worn. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, quite highly arched and simple, with a groove across the top the onl…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D0BB0C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and bow from an early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy small-long brooch. The flat headplate is very worn and its original shape is uncertain, but it has the remains of deep U-shaped cut-outs in both its lower edge and its upper corners, forming three knobs. These may have had straight ends, as the top and one side knob each retain a straight row of crescentic stamps along their edges. On the reverse of the headplate is a large double pin bar lug, one lug incomplete and the other retaining part of an iron pin bar. There is extensive iron corrosion between the two lugs.  The bow…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D07466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy small-long brooch, now in two joining parts. The head is of the 'cross potent' type, with a flat rectangular central panel c. 13 x 18mm. This has three sub-rectangular flat 'knobs' attached by narrower waists, to form a headplate in total 32.2mm wide. The surface is corroded and some is missing, but traces of double-crescent or half ring-and-dot stamps can be seen; there is a row of five on the top knob and a similar row on one side knob, each with a trace of a single groove outside the row of stamps. On the reverse of the headpla…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D012DB
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy girdle-hanger. Using Felder's terminology (2014, 35, fig. 3.1), the fragment consists of the suspension loop, shank neck and part of shank, with a granular, unworn break. The suspension loop is a narrow, rounded lobe at the top, pierced from side to side, but the perforation is now blocked with iron corrosion. The shank neck is a D-section area below the suspension loop, divided into five rounded lobes; its junction with the shank is marked with a transverse ridge. The shank itself is rectangular-section and flares very slightly …
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-CF59E4
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chunky copper-alloy bar from an early Anglo-Saxon wrist-clasp, apparently of Hines Form B10 or possibly alternatively B4. The bar is cast in one piece, with three cuboidal elements, one in the centre and one at either end. These are linked by D-section areas, each one decorated with two broad U-section transverse grooves or flutes, alternating with three ridges each flanked by narrow grooves. Each of the cuboidal bosses has a substantial white-metal coating, probably of tin. On the flat reverse there are two broken pierced lugs, set transversely and pierced longitudinally. Length 40.3…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-CE5E22
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy wrist-clasp of Hines's Form B20, in very good condition. It is largely flat, and cast in one piece, with a raised, flat-topped bar, a plate with shaped rear edge, and a complete loop. The bar is c. 6mm wide and has two zones of transverse groove decoration, not perfectly evenly spaced along its length; both consist of a wider U-section groove flanked by two similar slightly narrower grooves. The rear edge of the bar has a longitudinal step intermediate in height between the bar and the rest of the plate. The rear edge of the plate is flatte…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-448764
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small long/cruciform brooch dating to circa AD 450-570. The extant element is virtually complete save for the apex of the head and the lower foot, terminal and pin. The head plate is flat and rectangular. It terminates in old breaks on each of its edges and it is, therefore, unclear whether there would have been attached any side knops or integrally cast elements. The headplate is undecorated. The bow emerges from the lower edge of the headplate. It is curved in profile and plano-convex in section. Running down the centre is a lo…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-4343DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to circa AD 475-550. The extant piece consists of a side knop which would have been attached to the headplate of the brooch.. It is dumbbell shaped in plan and plano-convex in section, with a flat reverse. The front face consists of two lobes joined by a constricted mid-setion. Each lobe is decorated with three incised transverse grooves. At the efge of one of the lobes is a shall median rectangular groove which would have facilitated attachment to the brooch. It is now covered with iron staining.  Half-rou…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D5B0BB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy ansate brooch dating to circa AD 700-1000. Cast in one piece it consists of two flat discoidal terminals at either end. One terminal appears to have been slightly miscast with a circular protrusion projecting from one edge. The bow has a triangular-section and is curved in profile. The terminals and bow are undecorated. Projecting from the reverse of one of the terminals is a heavily corroded lug which would have held the now missing pin. There is now no trace of a catchplate projecting from the reverse of the other terminal. The brooch is con…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-C61971
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount with zoomorphic design of later Early Medieval (Late Saxon), 11th century date, of sub-trapezoidal shape, the upper and (the usually angled) lower edges now missing including a break through one openwork perforation at the lower edge, the upper edge is also truncated through an perforation. The main decoration is roughly incised (either in the model/mould or finished casting) to form a forward-facing beast mask, two eyes, rabbit-like ears and a triangular snout are quite clear, though the piece has lost much of its original surface as…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-97E267
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete late Anglo-Saxon strap-end of Thomas Class E, type 1, with openwork relief decoration on both faces. The terminal end is missing, yet symmetrical. The attachment end is rectangular, split to hold the strap, and retains the rusty remains of an iron rivet at either corner. The split end is separated from the body of the strap-end by a transverse ridge on both faces. The upper openwork decoration six small holes of similar size, there are a further two below of a larger size, the very end, as mentioned, is missing, it is likely a further two small holes would have formed …
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EED544
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Late Saxon Thetford-type ware, one jar rim (diameter not accurately measurable) and two body, weight 11g, c.850 - c.1100. On bare soil surface badly disturbed by rabbits.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-237404
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy half-round side knob from an early medieval, Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch (c.AD 475-550). The object has a D-shaped based that is decorated with three bands of grooves. Underneath the base is a traverse groove an circular perforation through the centre of the knob. From the base, the body is notched to present a narrowed waist. At the end of the knob is a slightly flattened down with a vertivle notched incised from the centre downwards, a small circle is present at the tip of the dome. The object has a smooth light green patina. Dimensions: Length 15.9mm…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-12AA9C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twenty-one sherds of Late Saxon Thetford-type pottery, three jar rim, one bowl rim, two sagging basal, and fifteen body including one with thumb applied strip, weight 206g, c.851 - c.110 From spoilheaps of drainage work.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1283B2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Middle Saxon pottery, two body and one jar rim (West 1963 Group I E), fine sandy, weight 45g, c.720 - c.850. From spoilheaps of drainage work.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1483C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut farthing of Aethelred II, long cross type, uncertain York moneyer (......EOFR), weight 0.36g, worn, c.997-1003
Created on: Friday 12th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-7E47FA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Globular head of a middle Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pin with an integral short extant length (c. 7mm) of collared shaft. The head is close to hemispherical on top and tapers sub-conically to meet the shaft on the underside. At the centre of the of the top there is a small circular flattened area. The head is almost entirely covered with punched ring-and-dot impressions. There is one on the flattened top, five surrounding that on the upper hemisphere, seven around the middle, not particularly evenly spaced, and five surrounding the shaft on the underside.  The shaft is circular in …
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-6CDB79
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to middle Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy buckle frame, plate and in-situ pin, of Marzinzik Class II.18a. The frame is oval with fairly straight inside and outside edge and a circular cross-section. The plate is a single sheet with four edges, three concave and one straight. It appears to be attached to the front of the frame by a narrowed tab projecting from the straight edge and wrapped around the inside edge of the frame, which is narrowed for the purpose. There is a central slot in this tab for the pin, which is simple strip wrapped once around the inside edge. It reaches slightly b…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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