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Record ID: NMS-51BFC8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot mend, one plate teardrop-shaped, 52.6 x 41mm, the other ovoid, 42.7 x 28mm, thickness 8mm, thickness of cleft c.3mm, weight 84.62g. A large example, with the larger plate almost completely flat, very slightly curved at one end. 12th - 15th century.
Created on: Saturday 27th January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 27th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-40110C
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval to post-medieval writing lead, bent into a gentle curve, square-sectioned, and flattened and splayed at the proximal end. The distal end is damaged and the point is missing. Weight 27.93g. Extant length 66mm. 7.3 x 7.2mm in cross-section at mid-point. Width at splayed end 12.5mm. Biddle 1990, 735-8 and 744-6, Class III. 12th - 16th century. Writing leads like this follow the traditional shape of the earlier writing tablet styli, although it is unclear how effective a lead stylus would be for inscribing wax, and it seems more likely that they were used to …
Created on: Friday 26th January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 27th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-3D80C1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot mend, one plate irregular, 24 x 11mm, the other ovoid, 17 x 11mm, thickness 8mm, thickness of cleft c.3mm, weight 11.23g. 12th - 15th century.
Created on: Friday 26th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-3B6863
Object type: CAME
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of a medieval lead window came junction. The flanges are of uncertain width and the hearts are c.3mm thick. Knight Type C (King, D.J. in Rogerson et al. 1987, 39). Weight 3.77g. Thickness 6mm. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Friday 26th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E980F7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or possibly post-medieval lead standing weight of sub-rectangular cross-section which tapers up to a pierced terminal with a rounded top. The central part of all four faces is recessed. Height 18.8mm. Base 16.4 x 11.2mm. Weight 23.95g / 0.845oz avoirdupois / 0.770oz troy. Perhaps 1.03% overweight for ¾ ounce troy. 13th - 16th century. Finder's no. CF4/F2
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F05B57
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and abraded medieval to post-medieval lead biface token. On one face some possible blundered lettering and part of an asymmetrically arranged pattern of oblique lines on the other. The break is old. Weight 5.14g. Diameter 18.5mm. Thickness 3mm. 15th - 18th century.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C8C496
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval plano-convex lead spindle whorl in very battered and abraded condition with parts of the lower edge and the edge of the upper end of the hole missing. Weight 42.97g. Diameter c.30mm, thickness 12.5mm, hole diameter c.9 - 12mm. 11th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-732187
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two post-medieval lead two-part cloth seals, late 16th-17th century: - complete, weight 6.66g, diameter 19mm. - // - textile impression. - incomplete, weight 5.85g, diameter 18.5mm. 0 and very small fleur-de-lis in centre, no border // - rivet only.
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DF806C
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval writing lead, round-sectioned, with one end trimmed to a point. Complete but bent through 75 degrees above the middle of the stem. Weight 8.61g. Length 43mm. Diameter 5.5mm. 13th - 16th century. Writing leads like this follow the traditional shape of the earlier writing tablet styli, although it is unclear how effective a lead stylus would be for inscribing wax, and it seems more likely that they were used to make grey marks, as pencils. They are difficult to date as they have a long lifespan and examples of similar writing leads from Winchester ranged f…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CA6628
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval 2½-ounce troy lead weight, cuboid with a saltire extending in high relief to all four corners on the front face. 30 x 30 x 12mm. Weight 79.17g / 2.792oz avoirdupois / 1221.6 grains / 2.545oz troy. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-05D1D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot mend retaining in the cleft a small sherd of reduced pottery with one surface oxidised, one plate lozengiform, 31 x 20mm, the other irregular, 18 x 13mm, thickness 12mm, thickness of cleft 3mm, weight 22.02g. 12th - 15th century. Finder's no. SH/F6
Created on: Sunday 24th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-05AB80
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot mend, one plate irregular, 28 x 26mm, the other ovoid, 23 x 16mm, thickness 14mm, thickness of cleft 5mm, weight 37.51g. 12th - 15th century. Finder's no. SH/F5
Created on: Sunday 24th September 2023
Last updated: Sunday 24th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0556A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot mend, one plate ovoid, 19 x 14mm and the other extremely irregular, 24 x 9mm, thickness 14mm, thickness of cleft 2mm, weight 20.02g. 12th - 15th century. Finder's no. SH/F4
Created on: Sunday 24th September 2023
Last updated: Sunday 24th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-053781
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot mend with a very small sherd of reduced pottery in the cleft, one plate very roughly circular, diameter c.20mm and the other sub-lozengiform, 24 x 18mm, thickness 7mm, thickness of cleft 3 - 4mm, weight 12.24g. 12th - 15th century. Finder's no. SH/F3
Created on: Sunday 24th September 2023
Last updated: Sunday 24th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DB9A5A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly medieval lead standing weight, very roughly circular at the base and tapering upwards to a flattened terminal with a transverse 2mm-diameter perforation. The surface of the base makes it clear that the object was not cast but rolled and hammered into shape from a piece of thick sheet. Height 24.5mm. Basal diameter 12 – 15mm. Weight 19.26g. This does not correlate with either the Troy (0.619oz) or Avoirdupois systems (0.679oz). Perhaps 13th – 15th century.
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-AE5CEE
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight, discoidal with slightly splayed sides, diameter 26.3 - 27.5mm, thickness 8.5mm. The weight, 51.01g, does not conform with either the Avoirdupois (1.799oz) or the Troy system (1.639oz). It is possibly Roman and for 2 unciae (c.54g). Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-585353
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval lead pot mend. One plate is oval, 31 x 13mm, and parts of the other plate are missing. The cleft is 5mm wide. Weight 6.46g. Thickness 8.7mm. 12th - 15th century. Finder's no. LF1-17
Created on: Saturday 16th September 2023
Last updated: Saturday 16th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C4443F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval annular lead spindle whorl, weight 45.03g, diameter 25.8mm, thickness 12.2mm, hole diameter 10-12mm. 11th - 16th century.
Created on: Saturday 9th September 2023
Last updated: Saturday 9th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9B954C
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval lead pendant in the form of a trefoil or possibly of a cross with very short arms, the lower and lateral rounded and the upper straight-ended.  An incomplete iron rod, embedded in the upper arm and extending almost to the centre, would have ended in a suspension loop. No parallel has been noted. Weight 18.30g. Height (excluding the stump of iron) 25mm. Width 27.8mm. Thickness 4.4.mm. Perhaps 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9AFB67
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably post-medieval lead weight, doubly truncated biconical, i.e. with both ends flat, and with longitudinal round perforation. Length 26mm. Diameter 13-23.4mm. Hole diameter 6mm. Weight 2.181oz Troy / 2.393oz Avoirdupois / 67.85g. Probably for use with a line or net. Mid 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
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