Record ID: NMS-3DC82C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver seal matrix. Octagonal, a standing bird facing right holding a foliate sprig in its beak within a single line border, the faceted reverse tapering smoothly to a break across the narrow stem. Face 13 x 15mm. Surviving height 10.5mm. Weight 4.6g. 17th - early 18th century.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-AA5684
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver, gilded ball-headed pin. Hollow head, the probable join between the upper and lower haves concealed by a median wire rib, decorated above and below with five wire annulets around a central annulet, the upper of which contains a pellet, the lower the springing of the broken, circular-sectioned pin. The head is gilded, with no trace of additional missing pellets. Head height 10mm. Diameter 11mm. Diameter of shank 2.5mm. Weight 2.09g. Circa 16th century.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2AC853
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval silver bodkin. Distorted ear-scoop, notched oval piercing, collar, rectangular-sectioned body engraved with foliate design before break across top of rectangular slot. Surviving length 30mm. Body 2.5 x 5mm. Width of scoop 8mm. Weight 2.2g. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swineshead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A8C26
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Later Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' Class A, Type 1, Trewhiddle style. Very large, slightly convex-sided strap-end with three silver rivets at the split attachment end, a central rectangular panel decorated with silver sheet depicting complex interlaced beasts with at least six heads visible, with further silver sheet over the circular ears and over the forehead of the animal head terminal. The animal head has oval eyes, one of which retains of probable glass pellet, and a short, blunt snout with engraved nostrils. The split end is filled with corrosion and on the reve…
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Pickenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A1F33
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness fitting or possible chape. Triangular lower half, semi-circular in section with a fully rounded discoidal terminal at the point. From the upper, straight edge a thinner slightly domed sectioned projects decorated with transverse lines connected by off-set longitudinal lines imitating a brickwork pattern, with a rounded end, and a large central hole for a (missing) rivet. Substantial traces of gilding survive over the whole front face and discoidal terminal. Length 48.5mm. Maximum surviving width 21mm. Maximum thickness 10mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-293A9A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' Class A, Type 5. Split end broken across one of the two pierced attachment lobes, with a semi-circular field below. The edges are scalloped (four on each side) either side of a central rectangular panel, below which is the animal head terminal. The semi-circular field contains a chevron and triangle in low relief probably originally reserved on a niello field, now missing. In the centre of the rectangular panel is a niello field with scrolls of silver wire inlay. The animal head terminal has circular ears, lentoid eyes with a cent…
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-193AA1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring. Bezel, in the form of an oval setting within an octagonal, faceted collet, flat on the reverse, with the stubs of the broken hoop on each long edge. The setting is empty and gilding survives over most of the surface including the reverse. Measuring 15 x 12mm (excluding stubs of band), height 5.5mm. Weight 1.8g. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-170DA7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link button. Circular, with a flaming heart pierced by two arrows in low relief reserved on a stippled field, the down-turned flange missing, with a separate loop soldered to the reverse. Diameter 12mm. Weight 0.49g. For a similar example see NMS-1FA1B6. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-AB3161
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic - Bronze Age tertiary flint blade. Hard hammer struck, with steep retouch on both lateral edges on the ventral face. Trapezoidal-section. Length 57mm. Width 32mm. Thickness 12mm.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DE2864
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver finger ring, broken and flattened but complete. Shallow D-sectioned hoop expanding to form rosettes or a foliate motif in low relief either side of a rectangular bezel on which a heart bisected by two arrows is reserved on a stippled field. The decoration on the shoulders is very worn. Width of bezel 5.25mm. Weight 1.2g. Although no record of a similar finger ring has been found, a heart and arrows on a stippled ground is well paralleled on later 17th century cuff-links, although the heart is usually flaming. Probably late 17th or 18th century. Field BUR
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DB43C1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle or Late Anglo-Saxon silver hooked tag, Read (2008) Class A, Type 2 / Lewis and Naylor (2013) A3.ciii. Octofoil plate with three attachment holes, one in each of the upper three foils, with a short, sharp hook springing from the lower foil. The surface is engraved and inlaid with niello to form a cruciform motif formed from four arches or C-shapes with two connecting transverse lines between each arm, leaving a central cruciform field or cell. Very similar to SF-1EFD68 and 2004T372 (Read, 2008, 17, nos.74 and 75).
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-DAA7DB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Late Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 with Trewhiddle-style decoration. Only the middle section survives, broken across the decorative field at both ends; the attachment end and terminal are both missing. The sides are convex and have a double-ribbed border; the outer rib is decorated with angled transverse grooves while the inner rib is plain. The central field is decorated in low relief with a sinuous, backward-looking beast among looping interlace, one strand of which pierces the beast's body. The creature's body fills the middle of the survivin…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bressingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D9DA56
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval silver thimble, perhaps half surviving. Separately soldered top missing, thickened rib around lower edge with a border above which is plain except for at least two engraved letters ]...[ P, broken across the first making it indecipherable. The sides are decorated with a zigzag reserved on a field of punched dots forming a waffle pattern, with a plain border above. The sheet is splitting and broken along the engraved lines defining the zigzag. Surviving height 23mm. Diameter (if half survives undistorted) circa 18mm. Weight 3.0g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-603DC8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete part polished Neolithic axehead, broken at both ends, pointed oval in section, the surface and breaks patinated pale buff. Both breaks ancient. Surviving length 100mm. Surviving width 82mm. Surviving thickness 40mm. 4000 - 2351 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 27th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-49E7C8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle-plate or mount. Rectangular, broken at one end, with a rivet hole in each of the surviving corners. Decorated with an engraved zigzag line border and tinned or silvered on the upper face. Surviving length 20.5mm. Width 17mm. Probably 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4799D7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy mount. Lozengiform, the upper face cast in the form of multiple closely spaced circular bosses, creating a scalloped edge. Single rectangular-sectioned attachment spike on the reverse. Measuring 26 x 15mm. Length of spike 11mm. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-472DAE
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval crotal bell. Sub-rectangular suspension loop with drilled hole, narrow but prominent and well defined median rib, cast gadrooned or 'sunburst' decoration on the upper and lower half, round-ended slot at base. Half of the lower half and the pea are missing. Height 51mm. Diameter 41mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4651F4
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy book clasp. Rectangular plate, slightly expanded before the hook, expanded 'fishtail' terminal with two rivet holes filled with iron corrosion. There is a third, copper alloy rivet near the hook. Traces of engraved decoration including a blind hole surrounded by concentric rings. Length 36mm. Maximum width 14mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-463E15
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy book clasp. Rectangular plate, slightly expanded before the hook, slightly expanded 'fishtail' terminal with two notches. Three rivet holes, two surrounded or blocked by iron corrosion, one with concentric rings on the upper face. Length 43.5mm. Maximum width 10mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-31919C
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy tailors ring. Slightly angled sides decorated externally with three lines of closely spaced blind holes. The upper edge is abraded. Diameter 20.5mm. Height 9mm.
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F4DC36
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver thimble. Angled sides, domed top, two grooves around the lower edge above which is a very faint line of tiny alternating longer and shorter vertical dashes with a wide plain border above, the upper sides and top covered with multiple closely spaced pecked dots. Distorted around the base. Height 18mm. Weight 2.6g. Circa 17th century. See 2007T680 (NMS-E88A33) for a similar example.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F13D26
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver lace tag or aglet made from butt-jointed sheet forming a tube and decorated with a repoussé lattice with a pellet in the centre of each lozengiform cell, and two transverse ribs at the upper edge, below which are two empty circular holes. Tapering slightly towards the lower edge which is broken raggedy, and now squashed almost flat. The tag may contain the remains of decayed leather, just visible at one end. Surviving length 19mm. Maximum width 5mm. Weight 0.3g. Very similar to an example from Yorkshire (SWYOR-F7ADA3). Probably 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-E1945C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver annular brooch. Circular-sectioned frame with three rounded 'brambled' bosses, with a scar on the frame indicating the position of a missing fourth. Between the bosses on the upper face, four longer scars indicate separate soldered elements, now missing. The pin, for which there is no constriction, is also missing and the frame now slightly distorted. There are traces of gilding on the frame and bosses. A number of similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database including NMS-8FCB95 (HER32619, Near Swaffham), SF-56F631 and BERK-E7E494.…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-E12FA8
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver crucifix with integrally cast figure of Christ, possibly a pendant. The lower arm of the cross terminates in a trefoil below a transverse rib, the side arms both broken before the end of Christ's arms, and the upper arm broken flush with the top of the side arms possibly across a perforation. The object is cast and shows Christ with outstretched arms, his head leaning to one side, a knotted loin cloth, and a groove separating the legs. There are traces of gilding the front and possible traces of solder on the reverse. For broadly similar examples see WAW-…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-E03FD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with median longitudinal arris dividing two concave fields, the arris continuing through the shoulders at an angle, the band narrowing towards the rear. The shoulders either side of the arris are decorated with engraved sprays of five petalled flowers and leaves, the bezel with an indistinct design, perhaps foliate, and the rear of the hoop with closely spaced angled lines imitating twisting. Gilding survives over much of the internal and external surface. The rear of the hoop is now distorted. Height 20mm. Width 22mm. Width of bezel 8mm.…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DE742B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a longitudinal median arris dividing the bezel into two concave fields. The hoop, which tapers slightly from the edge of the bezel to the rear, is faceted to form six lozengiform fields with triangular fields to either side. Every field is engraved with a single line border around a design, except for the two triangular fields at the rear of the hoop which are plain. The bezel is engraved with a foliate and floral motif, the two triangular fields at either end of the bezel with radiating lines, the two lozengiform fields on each side…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DDE7CD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver finger ring. Broken, the rear of the hoop missing, swelling smoothly from the narrow, oval-sectioned breaks through the shoulders to form the bezel which is undefined and undecorated except for a slightly flattened centre. The lack of diagnostic features makes dating difficult, but the form would be consistent with Roman finger rings, although a post-medieval date is also possible. Width of hoop 22mm. Width of bezel 7mm. Weight 3.7g. Field JH2
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-DDAFA3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger ring of Henig Type II. D-sectioned hoop expanding smoothly from the rear through the shoulders and around an empty oval setting to form the bezel. The bezel is slightly flattened. Part of one side of the bezel and setting is missing. Width of bezel 9mm. Height of hoop 18.5mm. Width of hoop 23mm. Weight 5.9g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roudham and Larling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DC362C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver Roman finger ring in the form of a stylised snakes head, broken at the narrow circular-sectioned neck. The head is oval, flat on the reverse, convex on the upper face, with ribs and pellets indicating details, now very abstract. Possibly Johns (1996) Type B iv. Surviving length 14mm. Width 8.5mm. Thickness 3.5mm. Weight 1.0g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-DBC159
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman silver finger ring of Henig type II. D-sectioned, oval hoop expanding smoothly from the narrow reverse through the shoulders and around an empty oval setting to form the bezel. The rear of the hoop is slightly distorted and a small section of the edge of the setting is missing. Width of bezel 9.5mm. Height of hoop 18mm. Width of hoop 23mm. Weight 4.4g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CD9C2B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of silver Roman finger ring. The rear and one side of the oval to D-sectioned hoop is missing, expanding smoothly from the breaks through the shoulders before small notches on either side defining the edge of the oval bezel. The shoulders are decorated with a pair of grooves following each edge. In the centre of the bezel a plain, integral oval boss stands in relief imitating a setting. The edges of the ring, particularly the bezel, are damaged but faint grooves around the edge of the bezel can be seen in places. Surviving width at bezel 9mm. Original external diameter circa …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-CD0349
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Narrow D-sectioned band with a bezel formed from a large rectangular collet (longest edge transverse to the band) with sloping sides holding a clear glass or crystal cabochon stone. The bezel is separated from the hoop by a narrow rib (less than 1mm wide) extending beyond the band on either side. The band and collet are gilded, but the metal behind the stone is silver. The ring is complete except for a small section of one edge of the collect, and only slightly distorted. Bezel 15 x 12mm. Thickness 5.5mm. External width of hoop 24mm. Width of band …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CC589F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring, now distorted. The front half of the band is decorated with three square bosses each with a quatrefoil reserved on a field of niello and separated from each other by concave sections with four deep longitudinal grooves, with three grooves on each shoulder converging before the flat-sectioned, narrowed rear of the band. For broadly similar rings see NMS-EFD014, WILT-EBD251 and WAW-796003. Circa 1100 - 1300. Maximum width 5mm. Original external diameter circa 20mm. Weight 2.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-CBDF6C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally in italic script In thy sight is my delight followed by a stamped maker's mark consisting of a low relief M within a square punch. External diameter 20mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band 3mm.Weight 1.6g. 1615 - 19th century. Seventeenth to 18th examples with similar inscriptions are represented in the collections of the British Museum (museum numbers AF.1301, AF.1302) but neither with the same maker's mark, while examples with M as a maker's mark but different inscriptions include AF.1280,…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A0E443
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic axe of patinated pale buff mottled flint with spotty iron staining to most of the high points of the flake scars. Mostly complete with old differentially patinated damage to the sides of the cutting edge and one lateral edge. The axe has been partly ground although not to any great degree. Only the very peaks have been smoothed off towards the cutting edge and the mid-ridge. 131 x 56.5 x 26mm
Created on: Monday 17th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CAD201
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified medieval silver object, perhaps part of a reliquary pendant. Sub-oval sheet, pointed at one end and rounded at the other forming a teardrop-shape. On one face within a narrow plain border the letters Ihc in black letter are reserved on a crosshatched ground. The letters are those of the sacred trigram, representing the name of Jesus, and probably relate to the Cult of the Holy Name of Jesus, which was popular in the 15th and early 16th century. On the reverse are possible traces of solder and a scar from a missing diagonally placed element. 15th - 16th century. Measu…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sculthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C9BD37
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded mount. Disc, with a crowned Lombardic T in low relief on a crosshatched ground with a separate ring soldered around the edge of the upper face forming a border consisting of an internal rib and two thin external ribs either side of a deep groove containing evenly spaced pellets. There are traces of solder over the reverse and outer edge. Part of the disc and border are broken and missing. Circa 1500 - 1550. Diameter 24mm. Thickness 2.8mm. Thickness of disc (without border) 1mm. Weight 4.8g. The solder covering the reverse shows the mount was attached to a…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A13EDD
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Saxon gold C-bracteate. The repoussé decoration depicts a highly stylised horse and over-large bearded male head in profile facing right with four pellets below his triangular nose, a round eye with two lines indicating the lower eyelid and a hairstyle ending with a round coil and tail at the back and a triangle with a spiral in the front. The horse has a triangular ear, gaping mouth and small eye. Between the broad neck and the lower trunk are two dots. Above the large round hip and tail are two further dots. One short hindleg ends in a broad foot. The front legs are detached …
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lessingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F8458C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a Middle Anglo-Saxon silver pin, comprising a polyhedral pinhead and stub of the shaft. The surviving part of the shaft is circular in section. The pin-head is in the form of a cube with the corners cut off, creating lozengiform and triangular facets. Each facet (except for the base from which the broken shaft projects), is deeply engraved with a single-line border, with additional engraved decoration within this border on some facets. The engraved lines are mostly empty, but some traces of niello survive. The uppermost lozengiform field has a short line pr…
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-922FB7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a diagonally set cross-crosslets filled with niello and a tiny tear-drop shaped blind hole in each of the central internal angles. At the edge on each side of the bezel there are two short indentations or dashes. The oval-sectioned broken hoop survives on one side only with multiple transverse cracks resulting from bending, and a longitudinal internal groove probably the result of hammering the edges. There is no visible decoration on the hoop. Bezel 6 x 6mm, 1mm thick. Weight 1.2g. For similar rings see SUSS-45C5F1, …
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
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