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Record ID: NMS-65A688
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small lead spindle whorl, sub-circular and plano-convex. It has been damaged on one side, but the original diameter must have been c. 20mm and the base flat, with sloping sides rising to an overall thickness of up to 7.5mm. The central circular perforation tapers from c. 10mm diameter at the base, to c. 7mm diameter at the top. It weighs 10.7g. Lead spindle whorls seem to have been in use from the 10th to 14th centuries, c. 900-1400 AD.
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-25C9FB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Standing conical lead weight, probably of medieval or early post-medieval date. The base is circular, 16-16.5mm in diameter, and flat but slightly slanting so that the weight does not stand perfectly upright. The sides taper to a rectangular cross-section, approximately 12 x 5mm where there is a circular perforation 3.5mm in diameter. This runs between the larger faces; the sides each have a small groove at the level of the bottom of the perforation. The top of the weight has rounded corners. It is 36mm tall and weighs 47.1g. Similar in shape and proportion to KENT-453AC2 and SUS…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-127DF6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Standing weight made from lead, probably of medieval or early post-medieval date. It has a circular base, roughly made and concave, 17-18mm in diameter. Straight sides then rise to a step about halfway up, above which the weight has a flattened rectangular cross-section 14mm wide at the top. This is pierced with a circular hole 4.5mm in diameter. Total height 28mm. Weight 40.55g. Similar to DEV-929808, NARC-B33227, SUSS-3E99D3 and IOW-85E6A2.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-932C79
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead papal bulla, now worn, damaged and distorted. It is circular, c. 38mm in diameter, and 5.2mm thick. It weighs 54.1g. There is no obvious cord hole and the die-axis is about 1o'clock (see below for Tim Pestell's comment on the die-axis). The obverse has relief lettering that is now very difficult to read. The letters GRE can just be seen at the top, then GOR on the second line, then PP on the third. The issuing pope was therefore one of the Gregorys. The reverse is much clearer. It has a beaded border, and within are the letters SPA SPE at the top; the S has a crossbar a…
Created on: Friday 28th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 22nd March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-BB42DC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat circular 13th-century lead seal matrix. The central motif is a hammer and tongs; on the impression, the hammer is longer and on the left, the head with one blunt and one pointed end. There is a dot between the two tools. The tongs are shown by two curved intersecting lines, longer and straighter for the handles and shorter and more strongly curved for the gripping arms. There is another dot between the gripping arms. The motif is enclosed in a plain circular groove with the inscription outside reading + S'. WILL'I FABRI. FIL'. ADE. (Seal of William Faber son of Adam). The le…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-535838
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle-whorl of early-medieval or medieval date. It is circular, 20mm in diameter, and only 7mm thick, with slightly curving sides. The central perforation is relatively large, 11mm in diameter at the top and 12mm at the flat base, where there is a slight groove around the perforation. It weighs 11.57g.
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-4174BD
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of circular lead bridle boss with relief decoration. Originally c. 80mm in diameter, less than a quarter of it survives. The flat rim is about 10mm wide, at an angle to the centre, and is decorated with a group of four pellets within an oval border, separated from two other similar motifs by groups of three radial ridges. Within this, the base of what is probably the domed centre is a zone of about the same width which is decorated with closely spaced radial ridges, outside a ring of pellets, and then inside there are similar ridges but at an angle, not neatly radial. On the …
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-2AF4DE
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small conical lead spindle whorl of early-medieval or medieval date, circular with flat base and top, and almost straight sides. It is 17-18mm diameter at the base and about 12mm in diameter at the top. with a central cylindrical perforation 7-8mm in diameter. It is 8mm tall and weighs 12.2g. Lead spindle whorls seem to have been in use from the 10th to 14th centuries, c. 900-1400 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2AD12E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick flat circular 2oz lead weight. It is crudely made and not quite circular, about 36mm in diameter, and 5mm thick. One face is undecorated, and the other has two circular indentations 3-4mm in diameter. Below these, roughly in the centre of the weight, are the highly simplified arms of the Commonwealth; two conjoined shields with straight tops and rounded bases, one with a cross and the other apparently blank, within a circle. These arms were in use between 1649 and 1653 and may have been used up to 1660. It weighs 53.3g (1.88oz).
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-2A4E47
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl of early-medieval or medieval date, circular and plano-convex with flat base and rounded top. It is neatly made, 21-22mm in diameter and 10mm thick, with a central circular perforation which tapers from 11-11.5mm diameter at the base to 9mm diameter at the top. On the top, one side of the perforation has been scraped and crushed. On the base there is a groove around the perforation. It weighs 23.9g. Lead spindle whorls seem to have been in use from the 10th to 14th centuries, c. 900-1400 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-26F8F3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. Part of Disc 1 survives, with stamps visible on both faces. On the larger flat face it is stamped XXV, perhaps within a circle; on the rivet face it is stamped with XX above TH or perhaps IH. If IH, this stamp could be read the other way up, as HI above XX. The letters are neat and have small serifs. The die-axis is about 2 o'clock; the seal is oval, about 15 x 13mm at most, and is 3mm thick. It weighs 2.7g. It is just possible that the IH XX face may be stamped with a merchant's mark or privy mark similar to that on LON-A51F…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-16A686
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead 4oz weight, probably of 16th- or 17th-century date. It is thick, flat and circular, 32mm in diameter and 13.5mm thick. The sides are slightly convex. One face is very slightly recessed within a raised border; the other face is decorated with four irregular, almost quarter-circle depressions, whose outer edges make an approximate off-centre circle. Weighs 110.5g (3.9oz). The closest parallel on the PAS database is probably LEIC-5C6B33, which also has four rounded depressions, but on both faces. There are many other weights with the four depressions but with official stamps of…
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1618AC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat circular medieval lead seal matrix, 25mm in diameter. Neatly made with rounded edges, 3.5mm thick at most. The central motif is a small neat equal-armed cross, deeply engraved, with slight serifs. The inscription is set between neat, perhaps compass-drawn, grooves, and consists of neat, widely spaced letters. It reads + S ADE: BETE (Seal of Adam Beater, perhaps). A chunk is missing from the edge, and has carried away parts of two letters, the S and A, and any apostrophe or stop between them. The break is patinated. The reverse is slightly dished, and there is a low, unpierce…
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-135107
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick flat circular lead weight, perhaps for half an ounce, marked with the highly simplified arms of the Commonwealth (1649-1653 or perhaps as late as 1660). These are slightly off centre on one face, and consist of two conjoined shields with straight tops and rounded points.The left-hand one has a cross and the right-hand one has a shield-shaped inner border intended as a harp. Both shields are within a circular band. Above this is a stamped crescent or part-circle, points or open side upwards. The other face is unmarked. Diameter 25mm, thickness 3mm, weight 15.2g (0.54oz). Similar …
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D7511B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thin flat circular lead disc, an inner disc (Disc 2 or Disc 3) from a four-disc cloth seal of post-medieval date. It is 16mm in diameter, bearing the arms of London on a straight-topped shield (a double-strand cross with an upright sword in the top left corner). Around the shield is an inscription, now only partially legible as the stamp is a little off the flan. It reads CIVITATIS LON... Weight 1.2g. Compare SOM-CE2E79, DOR-5498F7, SOM-170440, BERK-D86A4E. Probably 17th or early 18th century.
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D4F2F8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix. Flat and pointed-oval, now incomplete, with just under half missing (fresh breaks and an unstable, corroding edge). The part that is missing seems to be the top half, as there is no lug or any other feature on the reverse. The central motif is very difficult to make out but it may be the bottom half of a fleur-de-lis, with a triangle for a stem and the base of two curling side leaves. The inscription is set between two plain grooves, and the surviving part reads ... BEAT RICI... (probably originally Seal of Beatrice). The letters are well spaced, partic…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D4A118
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix. Flat and circular, now incomplete, with about a third of the inscription missing (both fresh and older breaks). The central motif is a quatrefoil of four long oval leaves, with a rounded flower on a stem in each angle; the stems radiate from the centre. The inscription around is separated from the central motif by a plain groove, and reads + S'. - AL - - IDI. FIL' R. DE. SM (probably Seal of Geoffrey son of R. of Sm...). It is neatly engraved, but the M lacks its second stroke and the missing letters make it hard to read; the first missing letter is probabl…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D39FAC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified lead object, cast in one piece, now incomplete. It has a flat base, probably originally roughly circular, but much of this is now missing; what remains is variable in thickness, at most 3mm thick. The reverse is flat and featureless, but the upper surface has the remains of four ribs arranged in a cross shape. These are D-shaped in cross-section, and two survive well, one badly and one not at all. There is a rounded boss in the centre of the cross, c. 4mm in diameter, which brings the maximum thickness of the object to 7.5mm. At the end of the three surviving cross arms a…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-C48145
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large lead pot mend or vessel repair. One face is lumpy and sub-oval, about 34 x 38mm at most. The other face is sub-rectangular and smooth, about 14 x 22mm. The groove in between the two faces is very narrow, perhaps crushed. The overall thickness is 6.5mm and the object weighs 35.83g. Possibly Roman, probably medieval.
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-448837
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead musket ball, nearly spherical. It 13mm in diameter at most, around a slight circumferential ridge, and 11.5mm perpendicular to this. It weighs 9.96g. Most lead shot found in England is likely to date from the 17th century.
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
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