Record ID: NMS-B3D2E8
Object type: CROSS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pendant, trapezoidal/rectangular sectioned. Crudely cast with upper arm pierced through face for suspension. Height 31mm. Width 26mm. Thickness 6mm. Weighs 13.85g. 12th-15th century.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B38BB2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval dress or hair pin, with round-section shank and separate plano-convex head secured through a central perforation. The lower (apparently broken) end of the pin is contained within a tubular sheet ferrule with a longitudinal seam, the edges butted-together. Extant length of pin 63mm, diameter 3mm. Length of ferrule 60mm, diameter 4.5-5mm. Combined length 90mm. Weighs 5.90g. Perhaps 13th-15th century. 
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B0E529
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy circular mount, possibly from the centre of the base of a bowl or mazer (drinking vessel) or from a casket. The flat circular plaque (diameter 39mm) has a face which is decorated with a seven-branched bush or plant springing from a small mound, five of the branches of which end in a lobed leaf, and the two that flank the central branch end in a flower. The figure was originally reserved on an enamelled field, although no enamel now survives. Engraved detail depicts the veins on the leaves and detail on the flower h…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9C2DD7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy horse harness suspension mount and pendant. The mount is incomplete with the upper part missing, broken across the stump of a narrowed vertical bar with a base which expands, and is slotted and folded onto reverse to form twin-suspension loops, these contain a copper alloy pin or spindle from which is suspended the pendant. The face of the mount is bordered with incised lines. The pendant is lozengiform with chamfered sides and a knop at each angle. There are incised bordering lines on the sides and face, pairs of oblique li…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9B4E3A
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy composite horse harness pendant comprising an elaborate quatrefoil outer frame with four fillets projecting saltire-wise from the interstices of the quatrefoil. There is a broken suspension-loop at the apex of a vertical slotted projection with a transverse perforation containing a copper-alloy pin which supports a separate swinging fleur-de-lis pendant. The pendant has a central perforation containing a dome-headed copper alloy rivet. Extant height 34.5mm. Width 19mm. Weight 5.57g. See Griffiths (1986), no.18 and also …
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-722AB0
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat (now bent) with pierced lozengiform lug projecting from the upper end. Pointed oval, 52 (56 including lug)  x 35mm, 3mm thick, weighs 36.53g. Inverted fleur-de-lis.  + SIGILL’ ERNALD FIL’ MAD  (Seal of Arnald son of ?). 13th century..
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-07555B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval lead weight, probably originally plano-convex but much of the lower part is missing, small central perforation (diameter 4mm). Extant diameter 23mm. Extant thickness 10mm. Weighs 18.02g. c 1200-1400. 
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2022
Last updated: Sunday 11th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-073C09
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight/possible spindle whorl, flat with rounded outer edge, central perforation (diameter 7.5mm) with straight sides. Diameter 16mm. 5mm thick. Weighs 7.12g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-06C231
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of probable Medieval gilt copper alloy buckle plate, rectangular, inner end with vertical break across two rivet-holes and horizontal break along one side. The face has traces of gilding and an engraved bordering line. Extant length 14.8mm. Width 19.5mm. 0.7mm thick. Weighs 1.00g. c. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-06310C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot-mend. One plate irregular, the other sub-lozengiform (26 x 20mm). The cleft is c. 3mm wide. Thickness 10mm. Weight 27.22g. Probably 12th to 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F29974
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Post Medieval rowel spur, part of one D-section side and elaborate terminal with three perforations (the examples listed below have two perforations, this example has an additional intermediate perforation). Extant length 41mm. Weight 6.85g. This distinctive terminal is paralleled by an example from Swannington (NMS-BFC970). Also see another from North Elmham (HER 1013, EAA 9 fig.264 no.60). For a discussion of this and other examples, which may have been made at one place and date to c.1620 – c.1645, see B. Ellis in Keen and Hough Beeston Castle (1993)…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Last updated: Sunday 11th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F22349
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of post-medieval copper alloy toy musket barrel, terminal with broken loop for ramrod, other end broken. Extant length 41mm. Diameter of barrel 7-8mm. Bore 4.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F13D63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative rear hook bow brooch. C-sectioned wings decorated with two pairs of broad vertical grooves. Three broken rearward facing hooks, with the inside of the wings containing corroded remains of solder, spring missing. Flattened D-sectioned bow with three vertical grooves below short rib for the central rear hook. Stump of missing catch-plate on the reverse. Length 41mm Wingspan 22mm. Weighs 5.78g. 1st - early 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-DE2495
Object type: VOTIVE MODEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible votive antler or part of a mount or figurine of a stag or stag's head. Single branch with five points, the attachment end has a straight worn break or terminal. Length (or extant length) 37mm. Width 12mm. Weighs 8.19g. Cf. a stag's head from Bramton (mount, and another from Attleborough (staff terminal), both illustrated in Marsden (2014), fig. 5.33 and fig. 7.49. The stag is associated with Silvanus, the Romano-Celtic hunter, and with the Celtic god Cernunnos (Green (1976), p. 33).
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-DD651B
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon bridle side-link from horse harness, knopped lozengiform terminal loops (one broken and mostly missing), trapezoidal-sectioned bar with central boss with flanking knops and traces of a large engraved ring-and-dot. Extant length 57mm. Width (at loop) 27mm. Thickness (at central boss) 10mm. Weight 21.74g. 11th century.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-DD3935
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and worn Late Saxon strirrup-strap mount of Williams 1997, Class A, Type 1 with the apex missing, an old oblique break across the fixing hole. Two iron rivets and the remains of an iron strap lie above an obliquely-angled flange. Iron corrosion on the reverse. The complex and somewhat debased engraved decoration on the face comprises angular pseudo-interlace. Weight 12.21g. Extant height 35mm. Width 31mm. 11th century.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-DCD173
Object type: PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper-alloy figurine, part of a group from a processional cross. It comprises the solid cast naturalistic figure. The back of the figure is undecorated. The figure is wearing a cloak or mantle that covers the head, and much of the body and feet. The face is oval, with worn details of eyes nose and mouth. The cloak is open slightly at the front revealing a horizontal possible tie and the draped folds of the lower part of the undergarment. Both of the arms are close to the body, and bent at the elbow, the right hand appears to be cradling a book, the le…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Sunday 28th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-CB5E37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and very corroded Medieval gilt copper alloy annular framed brooch. The convex face of the D-sectioned frame is segmented by eight transverse grooves forming four broad and four narrow alternating sections, the broad ones with traces of decorative 'brambling' (created by multiple punched circles), and has the remains of a collared gilt copper alloy pin (most of shank missing) in the constriction in the frame. Weight 2.11g. Outer and inner diameters 17 and 9mm. Thickness 2mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CB079C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper-alloy 1/4 oz nested cup-weight. Circular, with a flat base and obliquely angled sides. Multiple punched dots around the top of the rim. Similar to NMS-66A9A3 and NMS-046A1A.  External diameter (at rim): 16.5mm, (at base): 14mm. Thickness of sides: c. 2.8mm. Height: 6.2mm. Weight: 7.16g / 0.253oz. 15th - early 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CACF9F
Object type: SIEVE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval/Post-Medieval fragment of incomplete skimmer or sieve, irregular sub triangular (extant dimensions 28 x 33mm) perforated sheet with on curved side possibly representing part of original outside edge, pierced by closely-spaced small, sub-oval perforations, mostly approximately 2.5 x 2mm, although with some variation). 0.5mm thick. Weighs 1.88g. Cf. Margeson (1993), fig.84, nos. 743 and 745. c. 1400-1600.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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