Record ID: NMS-8F5338
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper-alloy chape from a dagger sheath or sword scabbard, made from sheet rolled into a cone and the seam (up the reverse) soldered. The narrower end has been cut into triangular points or notches which have been bent in to close the end. The wider end has decoration on the front, of a horizontal groove a few millimetres from the top, with vertical closely spaced grooves above this forming a ribbed edge. Some of this decoration has broken away along the horizontal groove. The reverse is undecorated. There is a single small rivet hole on the reverse, on the side opposit…
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8E5AA0
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy strap-end in the shape of a bird, with projecting neck and head. It is made from a cast front plate and a sheet backplate, fixed together with two small copper-alloy rivets. The cast front plate has a U-shaped body, with oblique V-shaped notches at the upper corners which define a small, V-shaped flaring tail. The rest of the body of the strap-end is a low triangle in cross-section, and is decorated with bold criss-crossing grooves which form two Xs and a V, or alternatively two lozenge shapes below a half-lozenge that includes the tail. One of the rivets is in the ce…
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8DE329
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded copper-alloy buckle or brooch frame, of unusual type. The frame is circular (if now bent), with a tall rectangular cross-section. The top of the frame has decoration of a groove containing a beaded ridge, which has worn or corroded away in many places.  There is a rectangular notch or recess on the reverse at either side, to hold a now-missing separate bar. Two projections, one at either outside edge, are both bent upwards to form hooks; one is then broken (worn break) but the other is tightly bent back on itself to end in an animal head which looks back towards the…
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8D6837
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy ring-type thimble made from copper alloy sheet, now squashed almost flat. The sides are straight and the walls are relatively thin. The upper and lower edges are unthickened, and each decorated with a single groove. In between, five groups of three parallel oblique lines and one pair of lines are set in alternating directions, forming a kind of strapwork that frames triangular panels. The lines are each made up of closely set double lines of small triangular punchmarks. The triangular panels in between are filled with hand-punched dots set in …
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-75BFEA
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very corroded flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. Apart from the corrosion and total loss of surface, it appears complete. The butt is 27.5mm wide, and the axe then flares with very gently concave edges for most of its length. Close to the other end it flares out in a more noticeable curve, to rounded corners and a gently curving cutting edge which is 53.6mm wide. The cross-section flares from 2-2.5mm thick at the butt to a maximum of 13.0mm thick in the centre. The axehead is 88.5mm long and weighs 223g. It is slightly larger than, for example, LVPL-4DA982; and compares …
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-751047
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy object consisting of a circular-section rod c. 7mm in diameter, with worn ends which appear to originally have been squared off, not broken. One end might have been cut or otherwise shaped into three facets. It is shaped into a loose ring, originally perhaps c. 50-60mm in external diameter, but one end (the one with three possible facets) has been bent backwards to wrench the ring out of shape. Its unbent length is c. 200mm and it weighs 48.9g. This object was found on the same field as a small hoard of Bronze Age items (2021T771) but it cannot be positively identifi…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-74C3D7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hollow plate from a copper-alloy buckle or strap-end. It appears to have been cast with sides, front and back all in one piece, with a single circular rivet hole piercing both front and back in the centre of the open end. The backplate is about 1.5mm thick, thinner than the sides or front which are both c. 2mm thick. The plate tapers from a maximum of 18.0mm in external width at the open end, to 15.3mm wide at the closed junction with the body of the buckle or strap-end. The end of the plate is marked on the front by a transverse ridge, beyond which the object tapers and is broken (ver…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-64EF08
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy bit link. It has an oval loop at one end (17.1mm in width) which is very worn towards the end. Where this meets the central shaft, there is a squarish boss with a hollowed reverse; the boss is 6.0mm thick. The central shaft is trapezoidal in cross-section, and ends in the worn stubs of another loop. Total surviving length 37.1mm, weight 6.7g. These items were used in the 11th century to attach the bit to the rein (Williams 2007, fig. 2, p. 4).
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-64A59B
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy harness hook. It has a low conical terminal, c. 13.5mm in maximum diameter and c. 14mm in height, and a circular-section shaft 6 to 7 mm in diameter that then curves into a hook. The hook is a faceted oval in cross-section and has a very worn break at its base. Total length 46mm, weight 17.8g. These objects are thought to have been used on medieval curb bits to attach reins ending in strap loops (see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22017, which has been dated to the 14th century). It is possible that relatively plain ones such as this one ma…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-5F2BDA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat but now slightly bent so that the front is convex. Broken stub of perforated lug at the top on the reverse, and small area missing to one edge. Pointed-oval, 33.4 x 22.5mm. Simple fleur-de-lis. + S' : hVGONIS: TUkkE: (Seal of Hugh Tuck). The engraving is neat and expert, with a double-barred N and a Roman E. The thickness away from the lug is 3.3mm, and the weight is 15.8g. 13th century. The surname Tukke (now Tuck) is recorded in Norfolk in the 12th and 13th centuries (Reaney and Wilson, Dictionary of English Surnames, under Tuck) and probably…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-BBC400
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of sub-rectangular lead sheet inscribed with runes. There are two clear rows of runes, one above the other, each bordered above and below by a groove similar to those making up the runes. There are small gaps between the rows; each gap is about half the height of the runes. The central line is the clearest, with at least seven readable runes, most contained within  rectangular panels, so divided from each other by pairs of vertical lines. The upper line has about five readable runes. There is space for part of a lower, third line in the acute-angled corner…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-656BE7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
2 silver siliquae, addenda to the West Norfolk hoard of solidi and siliquae dating to AD 364–7. This hoard has now been found in seven groups (see IARCH-8B242E for the first six) which have been listed as Batches A-G (below). The hoard now consists of 15 solidi and 228 siliquae. Catalogue: 1) Julian, siliqua, Arles, mintmark SCONST, RIC VIII, 309 (Hoxne 108), AD 363. 1.77g. 2) Julian, siliqua, Lyons, mintmark LVG, RIC VIII, 219 (Hozne 144), AD 360-2. 1.82g. Discussion: Mixed gold and silver coin hoards of this date are relativ…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-63C0C5
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gilded silver composite hooked tag. It is made in at least four parts; a lozenge-shaped backplate, a soldered-on hook, a decorative three-dimensional front element, and a central rivet in the shape of a Tudor rose. All but the hook have neat relief decoration. The backplate is a symmetrical flat lozenge, with a raised edge which is decorated with a longitudinal median groove. It has a knop at each corner, the knop at the top now missing. In the centre of each edge is another knop, generally slightly smaller and decorated with radiating grooves, some of which appear w…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-63B84D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Pair of flat lozenge-shaped objects made from thin silver sheet, with engraved decoration. One is complete, with two acute angles cut off to make squared ends, and two more obtuse angles. The squared-off ends each have an oval perforation. Decoration comprises a border line along the straight edges and shaped to run around the inner edge of the perforations, with a series of short straight lines within. In the very centre is a small lozenge filled with cross-hatching; around this, parallel to the edges, are four pairs of short dashes. The obtuse angles each have short rad…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-2867A9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold finger-ring with enamelled decoration on the exterior and an inscription on the interior. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section and consistent in width. with a slim, flat border around either edge, which has broken away in places. The convex exterior is decorated with a design in panels, each filled with a reserved gold design against a background of black enamel; much of the enamel is now missing. The panels are separated by five slightly taller S-shaped motifs, set transversely so that they interrupt the flat border around each edge. Each&…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CF923E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with rectangular-section hoop. The exterior is engraved with a mix of Roman and Lombardic capital letters, reading + SALVZ DE LVI. DVNT. IO MVI. + (Greetings from he whose.....). The letters all have small serifs, and are slightly clumsy in execution. The Z is reversed (like an angular S); the As have straight bars across the top and downward-angled central bars, the E is round-backed; and both the Ds are unusually shaped. The Ts and Ms are Roman in style. Dimensions: The external diameter varies slightly, but is around 19mm.…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-04B885
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Large gilded silver stirrup-shaped finger-ring with clasped hands or fede motif. The tall triangular bezel is topped by a small rounded knop which has traces of gilding around the base, suggesting it may once have been gilded too. At the back of the hoop, opposite the bezel, is the clasped-hands motif; the hoop widens slightly to accommodate the hands. The hoop is bent here, across one of the clasped hands, and there is quite a bit of damage to the metal; but it can be seen that the hands were simply engraved with the thumb of one and fou…
Created on: Friday 8th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-486001
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of silver finger-ring, consisting of the bezel and both shoulders. The hoop is thin, flat and narrow at the breaks, which look fairly fresh. The shoulders flare to a pointed-oval bezel which curves around the finger, and is decorated with fairly crude engraved Trewhiddle-style decoration. The central motif is symmetrical and looks abstract, although it may have been intended as a plant or animal. It has a V-shaped element filling the point at either end, with double nicks in each arm of the V; then a transverse pointed-oval shape in the centre embellished with fo…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 5th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-47846D
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Well-preserved gilded silver openwork pilgrim badge depicting St Margaret and the dragon. The saint is wearing a flat-topped crown, below which her hair frames her face; the face has no detail except for a nose. She wears a vertically ribbed garment and holds a book in her left hand and a cross in her right (so the book is on the viewer's right and the cross is on the viewer's left). The book appears to have a clasp on one edge. The cross's shaft is thrust into the open mouth of the dragon, whose belly-up body curves round below to form the edge of the badge; M…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-476AD2
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: 17th-century silver cufflink with crowned hearts. The cufflink consists of two circular elements linked by an oval wire loop. The circular elements are identical; each has a flat centre and a shallow downturned edge. The flat area has a ridged border, and is decorated within this with two heart shapes, one next to the other, and a crown over both. The crown has a wide lower band decorated with a row of dots, and a flaring vertical central lobe above, flanked by a pair of arches with serrated upper edges and perhaps trefoils within each arch. The down-turned edges…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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