Record ID: NMS-06D11A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of copper-alloy medieval finger-ring with probable glass setting. It consists of a raised sub-conical bezel with a sub-circular sunken centre in which there is an incomplete shiny turquoise setting, probably glass. There is a broad groove or step across the bezel to either side of the setting, making a kind of shoulder, after which the hoop tapers to the breaks. The entire object, including the breaks, is worn. Surviving width from side to side, 13.0mm. Surviving length parallel to this, 6.7mm. Thickness (width of bezel) 5.1mm; depth of bezel (thickne…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-067EC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy Roman finger-ring of Guiraud type 3c. The bezel is oval, curved on the interior to fit around the finger, and sunken on the top to hold what was probably enamel; traces of a brownish material survive. One shoulder survives, with a narrowed concave waist at the junction with the bezel, then a short D-section length tapering to the fairly fresh break. The bezel is 10.0mm long, 7.3mm wide and 2.0mm thick in the centre; the surviving width of the entire ring is 14.5mm and the length from top of bezel to break in hoop is 7.6mm. It weighs 1.1g. Guiraud dates type 3 …
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F44B98
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete small Roman finger-ring, of Guiraud's type 2f and Henig's type VIII, probably made from silver (needs confirmation by XRF).  The hoop is oval internally (16.6mm in width and 14.7mm deep) but angled or 'keeled' externally. The hoop flares gently from a rectangular-section area at the back to the angled sides, and then flares more strongly to decorated shoulders. These have a V-shaped groove emphasising the flare, with the space above the groove ending in two small projections next to the bezel. Below the groove, there is a further tiny nick i…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F39CB4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper-alloy medieval mount in the shape of a crowned facing head. The crown is very schematic, being a triangle with oblique grooves suggesting a central trefoil. Below this, the face is convex, rising to a central point between the eyes, and equally schematic; it consists of a pair of triangular grooves, bases facing each other, forming eyes (half-obscured by corrosion) and two diverging oblique grooves indicating the nose. Below the chin is a tiny stub of neck. The reverse is hollowed, and has a spiked rivet in the centre. Rivets on mounts such as these …
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E432BD
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Near-complete copper-alloy Roman pendant in the shape of a phallus. It is long, thin and straight, the penis measuring 31.6mm long and the single surviving testicle slightly offset to bring the total length up to 32.1mm. It tapers with straight sides from 5.0mm wide at the rounded base of the penis to 3.0mm wide at the rounded tip, which is accentuated with a transverse groove. The surviving width is 8.6mm and it weighs 2.8g. The pendant has a flat reverse, so that the penis is D-shaped and the testicle a low dome in cross-section. On the reverse is an integrally D…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E38C5E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman bow brooch, consisting of the very end of the foot only, with part of a perforated catchplate. The rounded-section bow is very narrow at just 2.4mm wide. On the reverse, the catchplate could be described as perforated (or pierced) or framed, in that the (now incomplete) triangular perforation neatly follows the line of the edge of the catchplate. One side is turned over to the left (when viewing the brooch from the reverse). The breaks are worn. The surviving length of the bow is 10.7mm, less than that of the catchplate; th…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E36337
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman bow brooch, consisting of the foot only. The D-section bow is very narrow but fairly even in width, tapering from 2.9mm wide and 1.7mm thick at the break to 2.2mm wide at the bottom. On the reverse is a pierced or perforated catchplate, consisting of a triangle springing from one edge of the bow, with the end turned over to the left (when viewing the brooch from the reverse) and a slot made at the curve to hold the end of the pin. It has a lozenge-shaped perforation, less neatly shaped than the rest of the brooch, The break…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E31D90
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and top of bow from a copper-alloy Roman brooch of Langton Down type, dating to c. 25-c. 60 AD. The head is formed from a thin sheet cylinder, complete on the left side (looking from the front) but the front missing on the right. There is no trace of decoration on the front of the head, but a seam can just about be seen along the reverse, with the slot for the pin in the centre. The inside of the head is filled with hard corrosion products, probably from an iron spring bar. The D-section bow tapers from 11.2mm wide at the top to 7.2mm wide at the broken end. It has a rid…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E0F8D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, consisting of the foot only. The bow is fairly even in width, tapering from 4.2mm at the break to 3.6mm wide at the bottom; the surviving length is 19.7mm. It is roughly triangular in cross-section with a central longitudinal rib. On the reverse is a pierced or perforated catchplate, consisting of a triangle springing from the centre of the bow, with the end turned over to the left (when viewing the brooch from the reverse). It has two circular perforations, one above the other, the lower one very tiny. This is likely to be a Colche…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E0BBDF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Largely complete copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date (c. 20-c. 65 AD). The bow is oval in cross-section, with no decoration surviving. At the top are a pair of rectangular, flat-section wings, with a long forward-facing hook above. The hook still retains the chord of the spring, half of which survives, with three coils on the right (as you look at the reverse). The left-hand end of the spring, and the pin, are missing along with any axis bar. The bow tapers downwards towards a missing foot (fairly old break), with a stub of catchplate on t…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E05328
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bow of a worn copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon brooch, probably a cruciform but alternatively perhaps a small-long brooch, dating to c. 450-550 AD.  It measures 21.0mm long, weighs 5.2g, and tapers from 11.0mm in the centre to 10.0mm wide at one end and 9.2mm wide at the other. The wider end has a very short flat panel that is probably also the broken springing of the bow, and the narrower end has a longer flat panel that is decorated with three transverse grooves. In between, the body of the bow is arched so that it is 9.1mm thick. It has a flat band down the centre…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-DF6845
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the head of a small copper-alloy cruciform brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, probably of Martin's type 2 (c. 475 to c. 550 AD). A small fragment of headplate survives, with part of a central raised panel; no decoration survives. It has an integrally cast half-round top knob, now rather worn, with a base that projects in front of the headplate and is decorated with two grooves. Above this is a broad waist, then a high, rounded dome (rather more than half round) with a groove around the bottom. On the reverse of the headplate is a single pin bar lug. The breaks are quite worn…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-DF3D67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head of tiny cruciform or small-long brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date (c. 450-550 AD), made from copper alloy. The headplate is rectangular (14 x 11mm), and has a raised trapezoidal panel in the centre which flares from the top to the bottom. This panel is decorated with a vertical row of three deeply drilled dots which each have a faint ring around them. Three integrally cast knobs survive around the headplate, all half-round, narrow, tapering and undecorated. The top knob is slightly larger than the side knobs, and has a raised ridge at its junction with the headplate. The bow is bro…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A9A693
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy near-complete object, probably part of a knife handle. Made from cast copper alloy, one end is a short hollow tube, retaining some of the original edge at this end. In cross-section this end is heptagonal or seven-sided, with a narrow facet at the top and sides, and a pointed base. The junction between this and the other, flatter end is marked on either side with a ridge marking out a hexagon. In the centre of this, the cross-section is angled in and the base flares out, resulting in a long cross-section the shape of a knife blade, with a narrow flat to…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A920BD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-square piece of copper-alloy sheet, now bent at a slight angle across. It measures 38mm long (parallel to the bend) and at least 36.5mm wide, and has a circular hole 3.7mm in diameter at one corner. This and one adjacent corner are neat right angles, and the sides are also neat here, but two other sides are more ragged. There is no obvious decoration. The sheet is 1.2mm thick and a pale green colour with patches of a corroded surface; it weighs 9.3g. Function unknown, but likely to be of Roman to medieval date.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A9000C
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small conical object made from copper-alloy sheet, probably a post-medieval chape or ferrule. Now squashed flat, it has a burst soldered seam down one side and a separately soldered-in domed base. It is decorated with two pairs of circumferential grooves, one near the top and one about halfway down. There is no obvious means of attachment, but the inside retains some dark material, possibly leather. Length 25.8mm, width as squashed 11.4mm, maximum thickness (near closed end) 4.5mm, weight with retained soil 1.7g.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A85BCA
Object type: ROVE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small square piece of copper-alloy sheet, probably a rove. It measures 9.7 x 7.9mm, and varies in thickness from 0.7mm at one edge to 0.5mm at others; it weighs 0.3g. There is an off-centre circular hole, 1.6mm in diameter, which has been pushed through from the slightly concave front to the slightly convex reverse. There is no decoration. It could be a fragment of a larger object, but is quite neatly shaped, so may be a complete rove from a rivet. Separate sheet roves are commonest in the medieval period, but are used from Roman times onwards. 
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A83C31
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of decorated copper-alloy sheet, probably part of a buckle plate. It is sub-square, 17.6mm wide and 15.9mm long, and made from sheet just 0.6mm thick; it weighs 0.6g. One face is decorated with about eight ring-and-dot motifs, and there is a circular rivet hole in the best-surviving corner. Roughly in the centre of the opposite side is a rectangular slot 2.2mm wide, which could be a pin slot. It is hard to know if any edge is completely original, but it is currently approximately the right size and shape to be a plate from a small early Anglo-Saxon buckle. Compare, for exam…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A7F711
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy handle from an iron knife, razor or spatula. One end is sub-rectangular, 20.0mm wide, 8.8mm long and 5.5mm thick. There is a groove along the outer edge on both faces, but any other decoration is obscured by a lot of pitting where a corroded surface has been lost. The far side of the object has a scar from the iron blade; there is a tiny stub at each end, and a slim rectangular scar between measuring about 13mm long and 2mm thick. The iron is not obvious, but a magnet is attracted to the entire object, particularly at this end. The …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A5D7A9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible strap-fitting made from a strip of copper-alloy sheet folded in half, with a single rivet hole (diameter 2.4mm) at the open end. The strip tapers very slightly from 10.2mm wide at the open end, where it is c. 3mm thick, to 8.7mm at the closed end, which has a wide, rounded fold bringing the thickness to 5.7mm. It weighs 3.6g. There is no obvious decoration, although there is a roughly circular patch of corrosion around the rivet hole on one face. It has a dark grey patina underlying a mottled dark green surface. This cannot be a conventional buckle plate because there i…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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